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        "id": 1676343,
        "msgid": "brace-yourselves-bmkg-predicts-the-longest-dry-season-in-the-last-30-years-1776149484",
        "date": "2026-04-14 12:42:26",
        "title": "Brace Yourselves: BMKG Predicts the Longest Dry Season in the Last 30 Years",
        "author": "Nawir Arsyad Akbar",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Agriculture",
        "summary": "The Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics (BMKG) has forecasted that the dry season will arrive earlier than usual, starting in April 2026 and peaking in August, potentially leading to the longest and driest period in three decades. This could result in drought risks particularly in southern regions and heightened forest fire threats in six provinces including Riau, Jambi, and parts of Sumatra and Kalimantan. BMKG urges the government to enhance preparedness and mitigation efforts to minimise impacts on agriculture and water resources.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA - The Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology, and\nGeophysics (BMKG) predicts that the dry season in Indonesia will arrive\nearlier, from April to June 2026. \u201cIn general, nearly 50 percent of\nIndonesia\u2019s seasonal zones will enter the dry season earlier, around\nApril,\u201d stated BMKG Head Teuku Faisal Fathani at the Parliamentary\nComplex in Jakarta on Monday (14\/4\/2026). The peak of the dry season is\nexpected in August 2026, with several areas at risk of drought. \u201cThe\npeak of the dry season will be in August, where the majority of regions\nin Indonesia will experience their peak then,\u201d Faisal said. \u201cThus, the\ndry season in Indonesia will arrive slightly earlier, making it longer\nand drier compared to the 30-year climatological average,\u201d he added.\nTherefore, he called on the government to begin mitigating the potential\nimpacts of the dry season. One of the risks is drought, which typically\noccurs in areas south of the Equator. \u201cThis is what we are trying to do\nto increase our overall preparedness; we mitigate so that the government\nis ready to avoid or reduce the occurrence of drought,\u201d Faisal\nexplained. \u201cFor land and forest fires, there are six provinces most\naffected: Riau, Jambi, South Sumatra, West Kalimantan, Central\nKalimantan, and South Kalimantan,\u201d he noted. Although the dry season is\npredicted to be long this year, he explained that rain will still fall,\nalbeit with low intensity. \u201cSo, will there be rain during the dry\nseason? Yes, there is a possibility of rain, but not more than 150\nmillimetres per month,\u201d Faisal said. He explained that Indonesia has\nhundreds of seasonal zones with varying characteristics, leading to\ndifferences in the timing of dry season onset. \u201cWe have 699 seasonal\nzones, and they will enter differently due to various conditions related\nto global atmospheric patterns, local conditions, geography, and so on,\u201d\nhe continued.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/brace-yourselves-bmkg-predicts-the-longest-dry-season-in-the-last-30-years-1776149484",
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