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Islands in focus: Hot spots decrease in Riau
The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) in Pekanbaru, Riau, has stated that the Tera and Aqua satellites have identified a total of 210 hot spots across Sumatra on Thursday, a drop from 283 hotspots the previous day
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he Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) in Pekanbaru, Riau, has stated that the Tera and Aqua satellites have identified a total of 210 hot spots across Sumatra on Thursday, a drop from 283 hotspots the previous day.
The head of BMKB in the Riau provincial capital of Pekanbaru, Sugarin, said that South Sumatra still had the highest number of hot spots, reaching 123 based on monitoring reports at 7 a.m. on Thursday.
According to Sugarin, hot spots were also seen in seven other Sumatran provinces. 'The level of confidence for the hot spots is 70 percent,' Sugarin said as quoted by tempo.co.
