When heavy rain finally swept across parts of Palembang on the afternoon of Oct 24, many residents of the South Sumatran capital did not run for cover. They reached for their phones.
Within hours, videos of rain drumming on rooftops and washing over streets that had been shrouded in smoke for weeks were circulating on X, Threads and TikTok, as residents celebrated a break in a dry spell lasting more than three months.
\u201cThank God, Palembang finally got its share of heavy rain. I feel like crying,\u201d one X user wrote alongside a video of the downpour, in a post picked up by local broadcaster Garuda TV.
The rain has continued since. \u201cWe had pouring rain over the weekend, and this morning it\u2019s lighter rain. I hope it continues,\u201d
Firmansyah, 60, a parking attendant who lives in Palembang\u2019s 1 Ulu area, told The Straits Times by phone on Oct 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When heavy rain finally swept across parts of Palembang on the afternoon of Oct 24, many residents of the South Sumatran capital did not run for cover. They reached for their phones.Within hours, videos of rain drumming on rooftops and washing over streets that had been shrouded in smoke for weeks were circulating on X, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n