Jakarta, Dec. 1 -- The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) stated that an early warning for Tropical Cyclone Senyar, one of the triggers of floods and landslides across much of Sumatra, had been issued eight days earlier.

"Tropical Cyclone Senyar could be predicted around eight days before its formation. In Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra, our regional offices issued warnings eight days earlier, repeated four days earlier, and again two days earlier," BMKG Head Teuku Faisal Fathani said here on Monday.

He emphasized that these early warnings should have been promptly responded to by regional leaders so they could instruct their teams and alert the public.

According to him, Indonesia is not classified as cyclone...