Indonesia faces greater flood risk this wet season, says weather agency


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  • Friday, 12 Sep 2025

FILE PHOTO: People carrying their belongings wade through a flooded street following overnight heavy rains in Legian, Badung, Bali, Indonesia September 10, 2025. REUTERS/Dicky Bisinglasi/File Photo

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia is expected to experience a longer-than-usual peak period during its wet season this year, bringing a higher risk of floods and extreme rainfall in many areas of the Southeast Asian country, its weather agency forecast on Friday.

The wet season in the archipelago of over 17,000 islands starts this month and ends in April 2026, Indonesia Meteorology and Geophysics Agency head Dwikorita Karnawati said in a news conference.

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