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        "id": 2050264,
        "msgid": "ciwideys-white-crater-lake-shrinks-amid-extreme-dry-spell-1792662780",
        "date": "2026-10-22 16:05:22",
        "title": "Ciwidey\u2019s White Crater Lake Shrinks Amid Extreme Dry Spell",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNN_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "White Crater Lake in Ciwidey, West Java, has lost about 40 per cent of its water after a prolonged dry season, with the level expected to recover when the rainy season arrives. The shrinkage has not reduced visitor numbers, which remain stable at about 600 on weekdays and more than 1,500 at weekends.",
        "content": "<p>White Crater Lake in Ciwidey, Bandung Regency, West Java, has shrunk\nby 40 per cent as a result of a prolonged dry spell.<\/p>\n<p>Budi Kawal, the site manager, said the lake\u2019s water level was\naffected by weather conditions. It fell during the dry season, but could\nrise again when the rainy season begins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhite Crater Lake\u2019s water level has currently fallen by around 40\nper cent because of the prolonged dry spell. It could rise again when\nthe rainy season arrives,\u201d Budi said when contacted on Thursday (22\nOctober).<\/p>\n<p>A video showing the lake\u2019s receding waters has gone viral on social\nmedia. It shows the lakeshore drying out and exposing land.<\/p>\n<p>Although the water level has fallen, the change has not yet affected\nvisitor numbers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThankfully, visitor numbers have not been affected so far. People\nwho used to take photographs by the water can now do so on the exposed\nland, so numbers remain stable. There are around 600 visitors on\nweekdays and more than 1,500 at weekends,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Budi added that the receding water had made more land visible along\nthe lakeshore, giving visitors another place to take photographs.\nTourist facilities remain unchanged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe facilities are still the same as before; there have been no\nchanges,\u201d he said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/ciwideys-white-crater-lake-shrinks-amid-extreme-dry-spell-1792662780",
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