PEKANBARU. The Pekanbaru chapter of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) says hotspots from forest and land fires have continued to spring up in provinces across Sumatra as, unlike in parts of Java that are still having rain showers, most areas of Sumatra have entered a dry period. Data collected by the Pekanbaru BMKG from the Terra and Aqua satellites showed that 67 hotspots were detected in Sumatra on Monday, 26 of which were in Riau, while 20 others were in North Sumatra. Hotspots also sprang up in Aceh and West Sumatra, which were two areas previously free from hotspots, but had reported eight and seven hotspots respectively. Meanwhile, South Sumatra reported six hotspots. “We identified only 15 hotspots in Sumatra yesterday. The jump in hotspots occurred because of low rainfall on the island,” Pekanbaru BMKG analyst, Yudhistira Mawaddah, said on Monday.
Sumatra sees jump in hotspots: BMKG
PEKANBARU. The Pekanbaru chapter of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) says hotspots from forest and land fires have continued to spring up in provinces across Sumatra as, unlike in parts of Java that are still having rain showers, most areas of Sumatra have entered a dry period. Data collected by the Pekanbaru BMKG from the Terra and Aqua satellites showed that 67 hotspots were detected in Sumatra on Monday, 26 of which were in Riau, while 20 others were in North Sumatra. Hotspots also sprang up in Aceh and West Sumatra, which were two areas previously free from hotspots, but had reported eight and seven hotspots respectively. Meanwhile, South Sumatra reported six hotspots. “We identified only 15 hotspots in Sumatra yesterday. The jump in hotspots occurred because of low rainfall on the island,” Pekanbaru BMKG analyst, Yudhistira Mawaddah, said on Monday.