{
  "id": 10935172,
  "title": "Heavy Rain Warning for Several Regions in Indonesia This Week",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/heavy-rain-warning-for-several-regions-in-indonesia-this-week",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T12:07:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tempo.co English",
    "slug": "tempo-co-english",
    "url": "https://en.tempo.co/read/2120647/heavy-rain-warning-for-several-regions-in-indonesia-this-week"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) has issued a warning for potential heavy to very heavy rain across several regions over the next week, from September 29 to October 5, 2026. The alert covers Aceh, North Sumatra, West Java, Bengkulu, and Papua Highlands, with additional areas under watch including parts of West Java, Jakarta, Central Java, and waters off southern Central Java. The heavy rain is expected due to the influence of a very strong El Niño event, coupled with the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) and Equatorial Rossby and Kelvin waves moving across the western Indian Ocean off Sumatra and Sumatra's surrounding waters. These atmospheric waves can create conditions favorable for rain cloud development, while local atmospheric conditions such as strong instability and slowing wind patterns in certain regions can further enhance the likelihood of heavy rainfall.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}