WRITING II ASSIGNMENT

 NEWS ITEM

HOT SPOT DECREASE IN RIAU

 

(NEWSWORTHY EVENT)

Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) in Pekanbaru, Riau, has stated that the Tera and Aqua satellites have monitored a total of 210 hot spots across Sumatra on Thursday, decreasing from 283 hotspots the previous day. Head of BMKB in the Riau province capital of  Pekanbaru said that South Sumatra still had the highest number of  hot spots.

(BACKGROUND EVENT)

According to Sugarin, hot spots were also seen in seven other Sumatran provinces.The level of confidence for the hot spots is 70 percent," Sugarin said as quoted by tempo.co. He also said that there was a lot of haze in Riau. “Light rain is expected to occur in the afternoon and in the evening across the north, middle and coastal parts of Riau. The temperature will reach around 31.5 to 33.5 degrees Celsius” Sugarin said. Visibility was decreasing due to the haze from the hot spots. However, in Pekanbaru the visibility was gradually improving and is currently around 1500 meters.

(SOURCE)

Head of Riau Disaster Mitigation Agency Edward Sanger explained to kompas.com that light and moderate rain had poured over some parts of Riau, which made the fires and haze less intense.