Five Jakarta Areas Face Meteorological Drought Alert
Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has issued a meteorological drought alert for five areas in DKI Jakarta for early September 2026, citing below-normal rainfall and potential water scarcity impacts.
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