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dry-season

Archipelago 1 week ago

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Indonesia braces for wildfire, drought ahead of longer dry season

Several wildfire-prone regions in Sumatra and Kalimantan have issued fire alerts as the weather agency predicts a longer dry season starting later this month that may lead to crop failures and increase the risk of severe drought.

Archipelago 1 month ago

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Riau braces for more forest fires as rainy season nears end

Authorities also detected more than 200 hotspots across the province in January 2026, with at least 40 fire incidents recorded during the month.

Archipelago 5 months ago

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BMKG warns of extreme heat in southern Indonesia until year-end

The prolonged high temperatures are driven primarily by intensified solar radiation over southern Indonesia, particularly Sumatra, Java and Bali.

Editorial 7 months ago

Sumatra is burning

The peak of the dry season next month is expected to bring even less rainfall and drier weather to several Sumatran provinces, including Riau, indicating a potential escalation of the forest fires.

Editorial 8 months ago

Rainy days in July

The unseasonal heavy rains and the hydrometeorological disasters that followed were just more evidence that the climate crisis is real and affecting our lives.

Jakarta 8 months ago

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Jakarta links with satellite cities as flooding continues

Continuous heavy rainfall during what the weather agency described as an anomalous dry season on Monday evening triggered flooding in many parts of Jakarta and its surrounding areas.

Society 8 months ago

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‘Dry season’ floods nationwide highlight climate crisis

Deadly floods triggered by unseasonable heavy rains have swept across Indonesia during what should be the peak of the dry season, prompting experts to link the extreme weather to climate change, with the meteorology agency warning that intense rainfall could persist until October.

Archipelago 8 months ago

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Floods and landslides hit several regions as dry season faces delay

BMKG head Dwikorita Karnawati said much of Indonesia is now likely to experience a shorter-than-expected dry season due to higher-than-normal rainfall observed in recent months.

Society 9 months ago

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Rain still pours across Indonesia with ‘wet dry season’ expected until June

Several climate and weather phenomena have triggered a late start to this year’s dry season in Indonesia, leading several regions to see thunderstorms and torrential rains until early June, as forecasted fby the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG).

Archipelago 10 months ago

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Govt to revoke permits of firms found to cause wildfires

The government has doubled down on its threat to sanction private companies found to have caused forest fires through illegal burning practices, including the revocation of business permits.

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dry-season

PREMIUM Indonesia braces for wildfire, drought ahead of longer dry season

PREMIUM Riau braces for more forest fires as rainy season nears end

PREMIUM BMKG warns of extreme heat in southern Indonesia until year-end