Four Regencies Hit by Extreme Drought, East Lampung Hasn't Rained for 80 Days
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Kupastuntas.co, Bandar Lampung - During
September 2023, the Lampung Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency
(BMKG) noted that there were six areas in Lampung Province that were in the
extreme drought category with the number of days without rain above 60 days.
These areas are spread across four districts, namely Pringsewu, Pesawaran,
Mesuji and East Lampung (Lamtim).
Based on monitoring data for consecutive days
without rain in September 2023, Lampung Province which was posted on the
Instagram account @bmkglampung, Tuesday (3/10), six areas hit by extreme
drought include Pandan Surat Village, Sukoharjo District, Pringsewu Regency
with 68 days without rain. Rain; Cipadang Village and Way Awi Village, Gedong
Tataan District, Pesawaran Regency with 68 days without rain.
Then, Gedung Ram Village, Tanjung Raya District,
Mesuji Regency with 68 days without rain; Bukoposo Village, Way Serdang
District, Mesuji Regency with 61 days without rain.
Furthermore, Buana Sakti Village, Batanghari
District, East Lampung Regency with 80 days without rain; Purworejo Village,
Negeri Katon District and Sukodadi Village, Gedong Tataan District, Pesawaran
Regency with 67 days without rain.
Meanwhile, areas in the very long category (31 -
30 days) in the classification of the number of days without rain still
dominate in Lampung Province, namely more than 30 percent.
Meanwhile, the analysis of rainfall in the same
period generally varies from low rainfall of 0 millimeters (mm) to high
rainfall of 75 mm. Where the highest rainfall occurs in Bukit Kemuning (62 mm).
Coordinator for Data and Information at the BMKG
Lampung Meteorological Station, Rudi Harianto, said that six areas in Lampung
in the extreme drought category had less rainfall than the normal 30-year
average.
"So the weather forecast is drier for this
area. "From the global dynamics of the El Nino phenomenon that we are
currently monitoring, it is still in the moderate category with an index of
+1.6, in particular the Lampung region has relatively little cloud growth or
cloud-forming periods that have the potential for rain," said Rudi,
Tuesday (3/10/2023) .
Rudi further explained that his party estimates
that until October 2023, the amount of rainfall will still be very low, namely
0-50 mm per month, with rainfall below normal.
However, in November 2023 the potential for
rainfall will start to be in the low to medium range of 51–150 mm per month
even though the nature of the rain is still below normal.
And in December, the forecast for the Lampung
Province region is that the rain criteria will be medium, and almost all areas
of Lampung will have experienced rainfall.
"The start of the rainy season does not
coincide, at the end of October in the West Lampung region it will be the start
of the rainy season, and in early November West Lampung," he explained.
“Mid to late November in the Mesuji, Tulang
Bawang, West Tulangbawang, North Lampung, Central Lampung, Metro areas. The
southern part of Lampung mid to late December, namely South Lampung, Bandar
Lampung. "So statistically it's down to one month from the normal
average," he explained.
Meanwhile, a number of farmers in West Lampung
Regency (Lambar) experienced crop failure because their rice plants did not
receive a water supply.
Eko, a farmer in Pekon (Village) Sumber Agung,
Suoh District, Lambar, said that for almost three months there had been no
rain, which resulted in the rice plants drying out.
"The condition of the rice fields is now
broken because they don't get water. As a result, most of the rice plants are
also dry and the harvest has failed," said Eko, Tuesday (3/10/2023).
Eko revealed that rice production had fallen by
50 percent compared to before. "Usually I can get 20-30 bags of rice from
a quarter hectare of my agricultural land. Now I only get 10-15 bags of rice,"
he said.
Toto, a vegetable farmer in Pekon Padang Dalom,
Balik Bukit District, expressed the same thing, where his vegetable crops
lacked water supply.
"Right now farmers are getting around this
by buying water from traders. But thank God, I still use pond water. Usually
the farmers buy it at a price ranging from IDR 12 thousand to IDR 15 thousand
for a full drum," he said. (*)
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