Nine fishermen from Situbondo, East Java, were reported missing after their boat was hit by high waves during a storm in the Madura Strait.
On Wednesday night, seventeen fishermen went to sea from Mimbo Beach in Situbondo only to be hit by high waves and a storm two hours. Eight men survived and were found by passing fishermen’s boats in the Madura Strait on Thursday. The other nine fishermen were missing.
One of the survivors, Hasan, told SCTV on Friday that he survived by holding on to a log in the ocean. He said the boat capsized after a three-meter wave hit them. A search and rescue team was sweeping the area where the fishermen were found, but the search effort could be called off at any time due to bad weather.
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency stated on its Web site on Friday that Indonesia would be hit hard by bad weather over the next three days.
The agency reported that from January 15 to 18 there would be heavy rainstorms with lightning and strong winds in various parts of Indonesia, including Jakarta.
South Sumatra, Bengkulu, Bangka-Belitung, Lampung, East Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, Java, Sulawesi, the northern part of Bali, Nusa Tenggara, Maluku and Papua were also put on alert.
The bad weather is being caused by wind pressure extending from the Java Sea to Banda Sea, influencing the occurrence of rain clouds, notably in the southern parts of Indonesia.
BMKG had already issued a dangerous sea weather warning on Wednesday this week for the Java Sea and Bali Strait. Ship operators and fishermen were advised to delay any kinds of sea travel for at least three days because of high waves and strong wind.
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