Jambi (ANTARA Jambi) - The visibility in Jambi City has dropped significantly in Jambi over the last one week due to haze coming from forest and plantation fires.
"Today the haze enveloping Jambi is quite thick, reducing the visibility to 500 meters at noon," forecaster of the Jambi meteorological, climatology and geophysics office, Kurnianingsih, said here on Wednesday.
The Terra and Aqua satellite detected 18 hotspots in Jambi, Tuesday (Sept. 9).
The hotspots spread in six districts, namely Bungo (two hotspots), Tebo (two), Merangin (five), Sarolangun (six), and West Tanjung Jabung (three).
On Wednesday, there was no hotspots detected in Jambi, but in neighboring province of South Sumatra, 33 hotspots were monitored, in particular in Ogan Komering Ilir district.
Meanwhile, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has detected hotspots in 15 provinces in Indonesia, which have the potential to trigger forest fires, spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho noted in Jakarta on Wednesday.
"The related authorities are still trying to extinguish the hotspots," remarked Sutopo.
The 15 provinces in which hotspots were detected include East Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, South Sumatra, East Java, Riau, Aceh, Lampung, and Bali.
Sutopo has called on the authorities in other provinces of Indonesia to stay vigilant about the possible appearance of hotspots in their areas.(Ant)
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"Today the haze enveloping Jambi is quite thick, reducing the visibility to 500 meters at noon," forecaster of the Jambi meteorological, climatology and geophysics office, Kurnianingsih, said here on Wednesday.
The Terra and Aqua satellite detected 18 hotspots in Jambi, Tuesday (Sept. 9).
The hotspots spread in six districts, namely Bungo (two hotspots), Tebo (two), Merangin (five), Sarolangun (six), and West Tanjung Jabung (three).
On Wednesday, there was no hotspots detected in Jambi, but in neighboring province of South Sumatra, 33 hotspots were monitored, in particular in Ogan Komering Ilir district.
Meanwhile, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has detected hotspots in 15 provinces in Indonesia, which have the potential to trigger forest fires, spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho noted in Jakarta on Wednesday.
"The related authorities are still trying to extinguish the hotspots," remarked Sutopo.
The 15 provinces in which hotspots were detected include East Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, South Sumatra, East Java, Riau, Aceh, Lampung, and Bali.
Sutopo has called on the authorities in other provinces of Indonesia to stay vigilant about the possible appearance of hotspots in their areas.(Ant)
Editor : Edy Supriyadi
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