BMKG warns of heavy rain in

Banten, West Java in week ahead

 Sausan Atika

The Jakarta Post

Jakarta / Tue, January 7, 2020 / 06:35 pm

Ke
ep going: A number of people of push a car damaged by floods in Kemang, South Jakarta, on Jan.
2. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has warned people
in Banten and West Java to remain vigilant as heavy rainfall is expected to hit the
area in the coming days.

Agency head Dwikorita Karnawati said heavy rainfall on Wednesday was forecast to
occur in the west of Banten.
“Rainfall with high intensity on Jan. 8 is forecast to occur in the west of Banten.
Banten still needs to remain alert,” she told reporters after a coordination meeting on
flood-rescue efforts in Jakarta on Tuesday.

“[Heavy rain will also occur] in the center and west of Central Java, as well as in
Gorontalo on Wednesday until Thursday.”

Meanwhile, rainfall with high intensity from Thursday until Friday is forecast to occur
in West Java, especially in its central and western areas.

“Thus, the only expansion in the predicted area is the west of Banten,” she said,
adding that the seas from West Sumatra to Lampung were likely to experience
similar rainfall. “So please, everyone be prepared,” she said.

The agency also forecast that rainfall of moderate to heavy intensity could potentially
occur throughout the country in the week ahead, namely in southern Sumatra, the
whole of Java Island, Bali, almost all of East Nusa Tenggara and West Nusa
Tenggara, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua.

The severe flooding that hit Greater Jakarta and Banten has affected over 500,000
people and claimed 67 lives, 31 in West Java, 20 in Banten and 16 in Jakarta.

About 14,535 people remained in shelters as of Tuesday at 6 a.m., according to the

National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB).