Yogyakarta, January 14th 2026 – The Disaster Management Master Program at the Graduate School of Universitas Gadjah Mada successfully organized a webinar titled SAFE (Seminar on Awareness for Everyone), “Extreme Weather in the Equatorial Region: Building Community Preparedness Amid Increasing Hydrometeorological Anomalies.” The event was conducted online and attended by students, lecturers, practitioners, as well as representatives from various local governments.
Featuring a distinguished speaker, Prof. Ir. Dwikorita Karnawati, M.Sc., Ph.D., who served as the Chief of Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) for the 2017–2025 period. The webinar successfully raised awareness among participants about the importance of staying prepared in facing hydrometeorological anomalies. Dr. Retnadi Heru Jatmiko, M.Sc., a lecturer in the Disaster Management Master Program, also served as the moderator and guided the webinar session attentively.
This activity aimed to examine disaster-related phenomena in Indonesia by involving practitioners, policymakers, and experts. In this inaugural episode, the topic of extreme weather dynamics in Indonesia was selected in response to recent flooding disasters in Sumatra in particular, as well as the broader phenomenon of hydrometeorological anomalies. The discussion also addressed how all stakeholders can strengthen preparedness and response to the increasing occurrence of hydrometeorological anomalies.
The goal of this initiative is enhancing public awareness and literacy regarding the interpretation of extreme weather information, enabling stakeholders to support the dissemination of information that is more accurate, easier to understand, and action-oriented response to hydrometeorological anomalies. During the webinar, participants actively engaged in discussions and asked questions to explore more deeply what communities should do to face hydrometeorological anomalies.
Author: Siti Muyasaroh