At least 20 people have been killed and 200,000 forced from their homes by floods in Indonesia’s capital, an official said Sunday, as rivers overflowing from four days of rain inundated the city.
The government dispatched medical teams on rubber rafts into the worst-hit districts amid fears that disease may spread among residents living in squalid […]
Floods continued inundating parts of Jakarta and its suburban areas such as Bekasi, and Tangerang on Monday, blocking many of the roads.
The death toll in the four days of flood in Jakarta rose to 20 people and seven in Bekasi, according to a report of El Shinta radio on Monday.
More than 300,000 people had fled […]
Indonesia’s capital faced more misery on Monday from floods that officials estimate have killed at least 20 people and displaced 340,000, as swollen rivers and canals spilled muddy water onto the city streets.
The flooding in parts of the tropical city of nine million people has been up to 4 metres (13 feet) deep, causing blackouts, […]
With rainy season under way, health experts fear the dengue fever outbreaks that have hit a number of cities throughout Indonesia will continue spreading, possibly peaking later in February.
The director general of Communicable Diseases at the Ministry of Health, I Nyoman Kandun, on Wednesday urged Jakarta residents to take especially good care of their […]