Residents continued to be evacuated, more districts became inundated and traffic on flooded streets halted following heavy incessant rain on Tuesday. The water level in the Ciliwung River in Kampung Melayu, Jatinegara, East Jakarta rose to 6 meters, flooding eight community units (RW) and 96 neighborhood units (RT), kompas.com reported.
Floods in the Capital has resulted in an exquisite amount of garbage. At least 300 tons of garbage per day are carried away by the Sanitation Department of Jakarta from all the rivers in Jakarta during the flood.
The water dumped from Bekasi River Dam on Tuesday has caused the area to be flooded even more. As many as seven Sub districts where the water level has dropped rose again until yesterday. Head of Disaster Relief Agency for the Regency of Bekasi, Sahat Banjar Nahor, said the seven sub districts are Muaragembong, Cabangbungin, Babelan, […]
The number of people taking refuge from flooding in Greater Jakarta may be a lot higher than the official figure, with middle- to upper-class residents turning to hotels and apartments for shelter. Local chain Tauzia Hotel Management, which operates Harris Hotel in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, experienced an increase in its occupancy rate when flooding inundated […]
Flooding has forced the police’s driver’s license office located on Jl. Daan Mogot in West Jakarta to suspend services after incessant rain on Saturday and Sunday. City police traffic director Sr. Comr. Nurhadi Yuwono said on Monday the office was closed indefinitely until the threat of flooding was over.
The input of clean water for processing in Jakarta has fallen by 6 cubic meters per second because of a reduction of supply through the Kali Malang canal from the Jati Luhur dam due to major flooding in Bekasi, West Java. “Normally the water input reaches 17 cubic meters per second, but now it is reduced […]
The flood that hit the Bukit Duri, Tebet area has affected the Train Depot in the area. The flood is still reaching 50 centimeters in height causing train maintenance activities there to cease. “It is temporarily moved to Manggarai and Depok,” said Sukatmin, the Bukit Duri Train Depot staff.
Chief of Jakarta Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Bambang Musyawardana told Tempo on Sunday, January 19, 2014, that there were 150 flooded areas in 34 villages in Jakarta.
Flooding isolated at least 35 people of 10 families in Kampung Baru, Mulyasari Village, Pamanukan, Subang regency, West Java. Since yesterday, they have been evacuated to a nearby Islamic school. “We need aid, food, clothing and medical supplies,” said a resident.
A bigger flood is expected to hit Jakarta as incessant and heavy rain has been forecast to continue until Monday. The Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) and the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) called on residents in the city and its outskirts to remain on high alert and prepare to face worsening conditions in the […]
