Emergency meetings have been held by leaders and communities across Bali as the impacts of this week’s bad weather continue to worsen. Reports of flooding, landslides, and fallings trees have dominated local headlines this week. Families have lost their homes, people have been injured in weather events, and sadly several local people have lost their …
Weather
Bali authorities decided to temporarily close down the Gilimanuk Port in Bali due to bad weather. The Operational Coordinator of Gilimanuk Port, Nyoman Sastrawan, confirmed that authorities decided to stop operations in anticipation of dangerous incidents due to the bad weather on Tuesday afternoon (11/1). The closure caused delays to the ferry trip schedules on Gilimanuk …
Officials from Denpasar Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG) have explained the recent extreme heat in Bali. The Coordinator of Denpasar BMKG Data and Information III, Dwi Hartanto confirmed that the phenomenon was caused by the position of the sun in October and November. “The annual pseudo position of the sun on these days is directly …