REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MALANG -- East Java Province has great possibility to hit by La Nina . By mid-year, rainfall in most parts of East Java is observed still high.

Head of the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Karangploso Malang, Hartanto, said the possibility of La Nina reached 52 percent.

Currently 54 percent of the regions in East Java have not entered the dry season. In early June, the southwestern region of East Java such as Pacitan, Tulungagung, Trenggalek, Blitar, and partly Nganjuk still relatively high rainfall. Surabaya, Sidoarjo, and most of the mountainous regions also monitored has potential of high rainfall. La Nina makes the consequences of dry season backward and occur the wet dry season. Previously, in 2015, Indonesia was hit by El Nino.

Hartanto said the likely strong El Nino that happened before will be followed by La Nina.

"La Nina is mainly occurred in central and eastern Indonesia," Hartanto said on Wednesday (15/6) in Malang.

June to August is still transitional period. La Nina is predicted to occur in September. During the transitional period, still likely to occur extreme conditions such as heavy rains with strong winds, tornados, and lightning. However, people are suggested not to worry because all phenomenon are in normal limits. Rainy conditions still below 20 millimeters per dasarian (10 days). So, people asked not to worry about flooding.

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