Indonesia, March 17 -- The Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD)-Mataram Office has extended the city's disaster emergency alert status until the end of March 2024, considering the potential disaster risks of ongoing extreme weather.

"The alert status actually ended on March 16 but it has been extended until the end of March," the agency's acting head, Mahfuddin Noor, said in Mataram, the capital of West Nusa Tenggara Province, on Sunday.

If hazards with escalation potentials are predicted to occur in wider areas and cause fatalities, the disaster emergency alert status could be increased to an emergency response status, he said.

Noor said the emergency response status could be declared if flooding, caused by a river overflow, had...