August Peak Of Kemarau, BNPB Beware Of 6 Subscription Provinces Of Forest And Land Fires

Illustration of rain fires (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) is wary of a number of areas that are subject to forest and land fires (karhutla) until the peak of the dry season in August 2023. "Actually, there are six provinces that have become and quotes for this forest fire subscription, in Sumatra there are three, namely Riau, Jambi, South Sumatra. In Kalimantan there are also three, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, and South Kalimantan," said BNPB Head of Data, Information and Disaster Center Abdul Muhari, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, May 30. He said that currently, the distribution of forest and land fires is still widespread in the Aceh, Jambi, and South Sumatra regions. However, what is quite significant is occurring in the South Coast, West Sumatra, and South Sumatra. From the span of 22-29 May 2023, there were 22 disasters in Indonesia, with 50 percent being forest and land fires. The events rose from four times, eight times, to the last 13 times. The hydrometeorological dry disaster dominates, even though there are floods and landslides, as well as extreme weather "Usually this extreme weather with rain. Now extreme weather without rain and tornadoes without rain," said Abdul.

Even though it is currently experiencing a period of transition from rainy to dry season, he said, in some places locally there are factors that cause the intensity of rain to still be high. "Our focus may indeed be that in the future until the peak of the dry season which is estimated by the BMKG in August, we must really pay attention and be aware of forest and land fires," said Abdul.