Agency warns of more rains

Agency warns of more rains

JAKARTA (JP): The Meteorological and Geophysics Agency has
warned that heavy rains are expected to hit much of Indonesia,
including Jakarta, until March.

The agency's prediction and climate service head, Endro
Santoso, was quoted by Antara Wednesday as saying heavy downpours
in many parts of Indonesia this year produced more than 50 mm of
water a day.

Daily rainfalls of 103mm a day hit Puncak, West Java, Central
and West Jakarta.

The heaviest rains (154 mm a day) fell in Buru Island and many
parts of Irian Jaya, Endro said.

He said one millimeter of rain was equal to a liter of water
on a square meter. "Therefore, if an area gets 100 mm of rain on
one square kilometer the area will hold 100 million liters of
water, minus five million liters which will evaporate." (sur)