JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia is expected to experience a longer-than-usual peak period during its wet season this year, bringing a higher risk of floods and extreme rainfall in many areas of the Southeast Asian country, its weather agency forecast on Friday.

The wet season in the archipelago of over 17,000 islands starts this month and ends in April 2026, Indonesia Meteorology and Geophysics Agency head Dwikorita Karnawati said in a news conference.

The peak wet season will begin in November and December this year for Sumatera and Borneo islands, she said, while Java, Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua islands will experience the peak season from January to February 2026.

“We must be cautious because the peak of the wet season is quite long and happens in almost all areas in Indonesia,” she sai

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