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Indonesian regions brace themselves for wildfires, haze as dry season peaks
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A fire being extinguished at a peatland in Pekanbaru of Riau province on July 31.
PHOTO: AFP
JAKARTA – Indonesia is battling an increased number of wildfires and the haze they bring as the dry season – which is expected to peak in September – intensifies across the country.
The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) warned that the country is expected to see less rainfall in 2023 because of the El Nino climate phenomenon, which brings hotter and drier weather to the Indonesian archipelago and prolongs the dry season.
