This photo taken on Sept. 20, 2023 shows the dried-up bed in Gajah Mungkur reservoir during dry season in Gebang village of Wonogiri district, Central Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Bram Selo/Xinhua)
JAKARTA, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's Central Java and West Java provinces are experiencing drought in the current dry season, with the bed of some lakes and reservoirs drying up and being barren.
According to the country's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency, the El Nino phenomenon which started in June is the major factor causing the current dry season to get drier and longer in the Southeast Asian country.
A man walks near the dried-up bed in Gajah Mungkur reservoir during dry season in Gebang village of Wonogiri district, Central Java, Indonesia, Sept. 20, 2023. (Photo by Bram Selo/Xinhua)
Photo taken on Sept. 20, 2023 shows the dried-up bed in Gajah Mungkur reservoir during dry season in Gebang village of Wonogiri district, Central Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Bram Selo/Xinhua)
Photo taken on Sept. 20, 2023 shows the dried-up bed in Gajah Mungkur reservoir during dry season in Gebang village of Wonogiri district, Central Java, Indonesia. (Photo by Bram Selo/Xinhua)
A farmer uses water pump to water his farm in drought near Cileunca lake in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, Sept. 19, 2023. (Photo by Septianjar Muharam/Xinhua)
People collect clean water from a water truck during dry season in Sragen district, Central Java, Indonesia, Sept. 19, 2023. (Photo by Bram Selo/Xinhua) ■
