Weather in 2022 is drier

After two consecutive years of La Nina, resulting in a wetter season, Indonesia must prepare for a drier year in 2022.

In addition to anticipating the risk of forest and land fires, geological disasters can also be more deadly due to the trend of increasing population and economic activity in vulnerable zones. The trend of disaster events in Indonesia in 2021 and future risks was conveyed by disaster experts from the Indonesian National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN). The speaker was BRIN's earthquake research professor, Danny Hilman Natawidjaja, and BRIN's aviation and space research professor, Muhammad Rokhis Khomarudin, with BRIN's research professor of meteorology and climatology, Edvin Aldrian. Muhammad Rokhis said data since 2015 showed an increase in the frequency of disasters in Indonesia with the dominance of hydrometerological disasters such as floods, land fires, landslides, and tornadoes. However, the most victims and impacts are generally caused by geological disasters. The increasing frequency of wet or dry logical hydrometer disasters is a combination of increasing extreme weather and environmental changes. According to Edvin, the weather conditions in Indonesia in the future will be greatly influenced by changes in sea surface temperature in the Pacific Ocean, which are the main components for the formation of ENSO, both El Nino and La Nina. After experiencing La Nina in 2020 and continuing in 2021, 2022 is predicted to be drier, although not yet in the extreme category. “There has never been a record of La Nina happening three years in a row. According to IPCC projections, it is very possible that El Nino will return even if it is moderate. So, please prepare water, including the agricultural sector to prepare for a dry cropping pattern," said Edvin.

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