Tropical storm Bonnie headed Jakarta's way

Tropical storm Bonnie headed Jakarta's way

Meteorological experts warned that an extraordinarily large
amount of precipitation and strong winds may pound Jakarta within
the next three days as tropical storm Bonnie makes its way
northward in the eastern Indian Ocean from an area near East Nusa
Tenggara province.

Paulus Agus Winarso, a senior expert from the Geophysics and
Meteorology Agency (BMG), said that Bonnie was a result of a low
pressure trough in the tropical areas of Indian Ocean.

"(The low pressure trough) causes high air pressure in sub-
tropical areas around the Indonesian archipelago. As we saw
today, the result is lots of rain and high winds," Paulus said on
Saturday.

According to Paulus, heavier downpours and stronger storms can
still occur in the capital within the next three days. But he
said that he could not predict how severe they would be.

He stressed that Bonnie would almost definitely bring heavy
downpours, strong winds and thunder.

Paulus added that the heavy rain and strong winds had already
caused some damage in East Java.

"I got information that the storm had caused damage to many
houses in Kediri regency, East Java, and uprooted trees in other
areas," Paulus said. --JP