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Stay at home for holidays, task force says, citing extreme weather
National COVID-19 task force chief Doni Monardol has advised the public to remain at home during the year-end holidays due to potential extreme weather in the next two to three weeks.
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ational COVID-19 task force chief Doni Monardo has advised the public to remain at home during the year-end holidays due to potential extreme weather in the next two to three weeks.
"The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency [BMKG] predicts extreme weather during the year-end holidays and advises us to stay at home. I hope we will pay attention to [this warning] and heed the BMKG's [advice]," Doni said in a virtual press conference on Monday as reported by kompas.com.
BMKG head Dwikorita Karnawati previously said that several provinces across the archipelago would experience heavy rainfall over the Christmas and New Year holidays.
"Several regions are expected to see high-intensity rainfall in December and January, especially during the Christmas and New Year holidays. Rainfall is forecast to exceed 300 mm per day," Dwikorita said in a recent hearing with House of Representatives Commission V, which oversees infrastructure and transportation.
She said the regions that would likely see heavy downpours were the east coast of Sumatra, most of Java and Bali, parts of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), parts of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), West and Central Kalimantan, Sulawesi, parts of Maluku, parts of West Papua and Papua.
On New Year's Eve last year, several regions across the country experienced extreme weather, with the BMKG reporting that parts of Jakarta saw the worst rainfall in the city's history.
The extreme rainfall caused massive flooding in the capital city and several regions of West Java and Banten.
