Drizzle marks no heavy rain to drop soon<\/p>\n
Leony Aurora
\nThe Jakarta Post\/Jakarta<\/p>\n
The drizzle poured in several areas in Jakarta in the past week
\nmarks only the transition period from dry to wet season, says an
\nofficial of the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG).<\/p>\n
\"Rain of low intensity occurred sporadically and lasted less
\nthan 30 minutes,\" Achmad Zakir of BMG's forecast division said on
\nFriday.<\/p>\n
Rain usually started in the south followed by the west, east,
\ncentral, and finally the north part of the capital, he explained.<\/p>\n
\"Currently it falls only in South Jakarta and sometimes in
\nWest Jakarta,\" he added.<\/p>\n
Hard wind is expected during this transition period and in the
\nfirst month of the rainy season, forecasted to begin early or mid
\nNovember.<\/p>\n
The monthly rainfall in the wet season would not exceed the
\naverage level, said Zakir. However, as flood is related with
\ndaily intensity of precipitation, the possibility of flooding
\nstill looms.<\/p>\n
\"People should clean their neighborhood and the dredging (of
\nrivers and canals) need to be completed thoroughly,\" he said.<\/p>\n
It takes only 75 mm of rain a day over three consecutive days
\nto cause floods in Jakarta.<\/p>\n
The Jakarta administration has announced that it would hold
\ndrills for disaster mitigation in the second week of October to
\nanticipate the reoccurrence of heavy floods and to increase
\npublic awareness.<\/p>\n
Two years ago, the capital witnessed the worst floods in its
\nmodern history, with as many as 168 of 262 subdistricts swamped.
\nThe calamity claimed at least 31 lives, forced more than 300,000
\nresidents to leave their homes, and paralyzed transportation for
\ndays.<\/p>\n
The administration is counting on the planned East Flood
\nCanal, which will link with the existing West Flood canal, to
\nease annual flooding. However, it has stumbled upon people's
\nresistance to sell their lands to proceed with the future canal's
\nconstruction.<\/p>\n
As of last year, the East Jakarta administration had managed
\nonly to acquire 62 hectares of 183 hectares that it is assigned
\nto. North Jakarta had acquired only 5.2 hectares of a total 78.5
\nhectares.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Tangerang administration has prepared Rp 6 billion
\n(US$654,664) in anticipation of floods this year, Antara news
\nagency reported.<\/p>\n
The fund would be used to dredge mud in Cisadane river and to
\nbuild flood retaining walls, said Tangerang mayor Wahidin Halim.
\nThe administration would also clean out the garbage in Sipon
\nriver, which flows across the municipality.<\/p>\n
There are 47 flood-prone areas in Tangerang, which are
\ninundated by water between 50 cm and 120 cm deep. Like Jakarta,
\nthe municipality often has to face excess water flowing down from
\nBogor, which hosts the upper stream of Cisadane river, and Puncak
\nin West Java.<\/p>",
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