President Jokowi said there is no hotspot, 11 hotspots emerges in Sumatra island today

News24xx.com - Monday, February 18, 2019, Jokowi's statement that there were no forest and land fires for three years reaped lots of controversies. Because environmental organizations such as Greenpeace said there were still forest fires that happened during that period, while denying Jokowi's statement at the second presidential debate in 2019.

Meanwhile the report of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) noted that there were 11 hotspots on the island of Sumatra. As stated by Head of Information Section of BMKG Pekanbaru Station, Marzuki.

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Hotspots with a confidence level above 50 percent have 11 points. Spread in North Sumatra one point, Riau Islands with five points, and Riau five points. "Riau Hotspot is spread in Bengkalis with four points and Dumai with one point" he said.

While for hotspots in Riau with a confidence level above 70 percent there are only two points, from Bengkalis Regency.

While the weather forecast for this afternoon is bright cloudy, with the temperature at the maximum only at 32 degrees Celsius.

Then the humidity is 60 - 98 percent and the wind comes from northwest to Northeast with the speed of 9 - 36 km/hour. Then the wave height for waters in Riau Province generally ranges from 0.25 - 1.0 meters.

 

 

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