Jakarta, June 19 (Antara) - The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has warned the people of possible natural disasters such as floods, landslides and whirlwinds during the wet dry season.
High intensity of rainfall is expected to take place in Indonesia in the coming several months as a result of the La Nina weather phenomenon.
According to Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, the head of the Data and Information Center of the BNPB, most parts of Indonesia should have entered the dry season period. Drought should have taken place since mid June this month.
However, rain with high intensity still often falls. The La Nina weather phenomenon will be detected clearly in July, August and September this year. It will have impact on the increase in rainfall during the dry season.
Thus, this year's dry season is a wet dry season given the fact that during the dry season the intensity of rainfall is still high.
Since this month (June) rain has often fallen in many parts of the country.
Even, on May 23, a rain-triggered flash flood hit the sub-district of Cisalak, Subang District in West Java, killing five residents. Villagers said at least 14 houses collapsed hit by the floods in the village of Cihideung when the people were asleep. In the village of Bukanagara, there were landslides in three locations.
Floods have since early this month (June) hit various provinces such as Central Kalimantan, Gorontalo, West Java, Central Java and West Sumatra.
Several residential areas in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, for instance, were flooded following incessant heavy rains since Friday evening on June 4. This is for the first time floods hit the areas of Temanggung Tilung, G. Obos, Cempaka, and Angrek, Yos Sudarso, Galaxi Raya, Pilau, Seth Aji, and Putri Junjung Buih streets over the past years.
In Gorontalo, floods following incessant rain hit two hamlets in Molonggota village, Gentuma Raya Sub-district, North Gorontalo District, Gorontalo Province on June 5. Around 30 houses and several roads were flooded up to one meter deep in Karya Baru.
Floods also affected four places in the city of Bandung, West Java, June 7. The floods hit the areas of Gedebage, Ciwastra, Penyileukan komplex and Panyileukan, said Muhammad Taufik of the central data bureau of the BPBD.
Incessant rain-triggered floods hit several villages in Purbalingga and Cilacap Districts in Central Java Province, following the incessant heavy rain that caused several rivers to overflow.
Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said floods also hit West Sumatra provincial city of Padang on Friday (June 17) killing one resident.
Extreme rain with intensity over 300 millimeters on Thursday from 4 p.m. to 11.30 pm local time caused flooding and a landslide in Padang, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho added.
Several rivers overflowed and flooded thousands of houses at a height of between 50 and 140 cm.
According to Sutopo, temporary data showed that up to June 17 this year, a total of 1,053 natural disasters had taken place in Indonesia that claimed the lives of 157 people and brought sufferings to 1.7 million others. They were forced to evacuate to safer places.
Hundreds of thousands of houses were damaged by the disasters. Floods were dominant natural disasters with 429 incidents followed by 310 whirlwinds, 255 landslides and 59 other disasters.
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has earlier reminded that rainfall with high intensity is expected to take place, particularly on June 17-20 in Sumatra.
Therefore, the BNPB) has instructed its regional branch offices (BPBD) to stay even more alert in anticipation of possible floods and landslides following signs of climate change anomalies.
"BNPB has instructed all BPBDs whose areas may receive major rainfall to be more alert about floods, landslides and whirlwinds," Head of the Data and Information Center of the BNPB, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, said in Jakarta on Saturday.
He added that the BPBDs should pay attention to the maps of the disaster prone areas that had been distributed, and disseminate information intensively regarding the matter. They must always inform the people of any disaster threats.
Regional disaster mitigation agencies should also coordinate with other potential parties in the region in the face of possible worst occurrences. Logistics and equipment now being stored at the warehouses of BPDBs have to be prepared for immediate use during the emergency response.
The BNPB has prepared its fast reaction team to be launched to the disaster locations in less than 24 hours to assist the BPBDs in carrying out emergency response tasks.
Sutopo pointed out that weather and climate conditions could increasingly develop uncertainties and are difficult to predict. Rainfall with high intensity has often taken place in many parts of Indonesia of late. It causes floods with high intensity, landslides and whirlwinds.
The BNPB official noted that over 90 percent of disaster incidents in Indonesia were hydro-meteorological disasters or disasters caused by weather and climate factors, such as floods, landslides, whirlwinds, drought, forest fires and tides. ***4***
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