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Floods in the Dry Season

Heavy rain has triggered floods and landslides in a number of regions as Java enters the height of the dry season. The change in rain patterns needs to be understood to reduce the risk of natural disasters.

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AHMAD ARIF
· 6 minutes read
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Clouds envelop the sky in Pondok Bambu, Duren Sawit, East Jakarta, Tuesday (26/6/2018). The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) issued an early warning on potential heavy rain with strong winds in a number of areas in the June 26-29 period. The weather conditions are being caused by a regional-scale phenomenon of active wet air mass flow known as the Madden Julian Oscilation (MJO).

Heavy rain has triggered floods and landslides in a number of regions as Java enters the height of the dry season. The change in rain patterns needs to be understood to reduce the risk of natural disasters.

Even though the dry season of 2018 arrived in mid-April, heavy rain in late June triggered floods and landslides in several regions from Banyuwangi in Jakarta to Bogor, a marker of change in the weather kitchen suggesting that rain in June is no longer anomalous.

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