DKI Still Experiencing Rain Amid El Niño Potential, Pramono Orders River Dredging
“So, everyone, the BMKG has officially stated that from the end of April to September, there will be El Niño,” said Pramono to reporters at Jakarta City Hall on Thursday (7/5/2026).
Pramono noted that rainfall in Jakarta has been quite high in recent days. He explained that the flooding that recently submerged parts of Jakarta was caused by rainfall of nearly 150 millimetres per day.
“But in reality, it has still rained several times, including yesterday with rainfall of nearly 150 millimetres per day that caused flooding,” he clarified.
To anticipate this, Pramono has directed Bappeda and the Water Resources Agency to carry out river dredging. This step is taken to prevent flooding.
“So I have ordered the Bappeda team, and also the Water Resources, to continue anticipating and carrying out dredging of the existing rivers so that we do not experience what happened yesterday,” he explained.
Pramono elaborated that although this month is predicted to bring El Niño, Jakarta is still experiencing high rainfall.
“And yesterday, the information was that El Niño had arrived, it was dry, but it turned out to be raining. And that caused some places where rubbish and such blocked the flow, and that must not happen again,” he concluded.
It is known that the 2026 dry season in Indonesia is forecasted to be drier and longer in duration compared to normal conditions. Additionally, the El Niño phenomenon is predicted to occur in the second semester of this year.
The BMKG stated that El Niño coinciding with the dry season can make the dry period much drier.
“It should be understood that the dry season and El Niño are two different phenomena and do not always occur together. The dry season will still come every year in Indonesia. But if El Niño occurs coinciding with the dry season, then the dry season will become much drier,” said the Head of BMKG, Teuku Faisal Fathani.
El Niño is a phenomenon of warming sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean that impacts global climate changes. In Indonesia, El Niño generally leads to reduced rainfall, making the dry season longer and drier.