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Southern Indonesia braces itself for floods, extreme weather as cyclone threat looms

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Workers repairing an embankment of the Badung River which was damaged by flooding in Denpasar, on Indonesia's resort island of Bali, on Oct 1.

Workers repairing an embankment of the Badung River, which was damaged by flooding in Denpasar, on Indonesia's resort island of Bali, on Oct 1.

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Several regions in southern Indonesia are bracing themselves for potential floods, landslides and extreme weather following the discovery of a new cyclone seed that has

already affected Bali

and West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), heightening urgency for disaster preparedness.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) is currently monitoring cyclone seed 93S, which was first detected on Dec 12 in the Indian Ocean, south of East Java, Bali, NTB and East Nusa Tenggara (NTT).

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