Jakarta is an area that is very prone to floods. This is because geographically, Jakarta is located between upstream rivers and the coast so that it can cause various types of flooding, such as local rain floods due to the high intensity of rain in Jakarta, flooding from areas around Jakarta where rivers flow into Jakarta, and there is also a tidal flood in the coastal region because of the high tide.

Various measures and technologies are used to deal with floods in Jakarta to minimize the impact of floods, one of which is technology that can provide early warning information when a flood will occur in Jakarta. Check out the technologies used in Jakarta below.

Automatic Weather Station

Automatic Weather Station is an automatic weather monitoring tool that can record and inform weather components, such as rainfall, wind speed, wind movement, solar lighting conditions, to temperature and air pressure through various sensors.

With the installation of Automatic Weather Stations in five mayor offices throughout Jakarta and Tidung Island, Thousand Islands, Jakarta can predict the weather and can provide information regarding early warnings in case of extreme weather.

Automatic Water Level Recorder

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Apart from having a tool for monitoring the weather, Jakarta also has a water level measuring devices called the Automatic Water Level Recorder. This tool can monitor the height of the river surface as a form of anticipation of flooding in Jakarta. To date, this tool has been installed at 21 river locations and can report water surface conditions every two minutes to the DKI Jakarta BPBD monitoring website and also the website pantaubanjir.jakarta.go.idwhich contains various information about Jakarta floods.

Disaster Warning System

To inform residents immediately, there is a Disaster Warning System. This tool is equipped with a loudspeaker to inform the condition of river water discharge. This system is installed in 15 points spread over 5 flood-prone urban villages. This system will inform the water condition if the information in Puncak, Bogor has shown as “Siaga 2”.

In addition, to provide early warnings regarding weather and flooding in Jakarta, the Jakarta BPBD through the JAKI application now provides periodic information regarding rainy weather based on notifications that will appear on the screens of smartphones belonging to residents who have installed JAKI. You can find out about the rainy weather forecast and its intensity. 

JAKI also has the JakPantau feature which contains various information related to floods in Jakarta. Therefore, for those of you who haven't downloaded JAKI, let's download JAKI now on the Google Play Storeor Apple App store. You will get notifications and information regarding floods so you can be better prepared during the rainy season in Jakarta.