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 […]
The conditions of water gates in the Capital City since Sunday, January 19, have been declared alert status. Such as what happened with Pluit Reservoir’s water gate, since this morning, the reservoir’s water level continued to rise, and it has reached more than 150 centimeters.
Inundated roads in several parts of Jakarta have made the week-long commemoration of the Transjakarta bus network’s 10th anniversary less than celebratory. Despite a 50 percent discount on tickets given to those using e-money from Jan. 15 to 22, many Transjakarta passengers could not reach their destinations as floodwater was too high.
Thick volcanic ash damaged dozens of houses in a village and began blanketing cities in North Sumatra on Saturday due to continuous eruptions at Mount Sinabung. “Volcanic ash from an eruption that occurred on Friday caused several houses to collapse,” Sinabung Disaster Mitigation Media Center coordinator Jhonson Tarigan said as quoted by Antara news agency on […]
Blankets of volcanic ash from Mount Sinabung in Tanah Karo regency, North Sumatra, have spread to Langkat regency, causing limited visibility in Sei Bingei district. “Since the eruptions on Dec. 31, the volcanic ash cloud has continued to spread and it has now reached Langkat,” Suranta Sitepu, the head of Telagah village, Sei Bingei district, said […]
Meteorology Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Chief, Mulyono Prabowo, said that there was a chance of a tropical cyclone developing in the Nusa Tenggara region for approximately the next two days. “If there was a tropical cyclone, there would be strong winds and torrential rains,” he said at a press conference, Friday, January 10, at […]
A number of hotels in Karo regency, North Sumatra, are offering special packages to foreign and domestic tourists following the slump due to the impact of the Mount Sinabung volcano, which is till emitting clouds of ash and hot dust. The hotel operators are offering discounts of between 30 and 65 percent of their normal rates.
