Severe floods kill 5 in Jakarta
A 67-year-old guy was found dead after he became trapped in his waterlogged property in the badly hit southern part of the capital on Saturday, Jakarta disaster mitigation agency mind Sabdo Kurnianto told AFP.He added that three boys died after appearing swept apart by the floods, and a person girl drowned.
Indonesia's meteorological agency warned that Greater Jakarta -- a region of around 30 million persons that is on a regular basis hit by floods found in the rainy season -- can get more heavy downpours next week. "The river overflowed and brought a whole lot of mud... I have suffered great monetary loss," said Ali Fatullah, a fruit seller in the town of Bekasi on the outskirts of Jakarta.He said household furniture and electronic devices were damaged by the water.
Kurnianto said some 1,700 people remained in shelters, though many citizens had started returning to their homes.Floodwaters had strike 200 neighbourhoods in your community, and 40 were even so under at least 1 foot of normal water on Sunday.Jakarta found a few of its deadliest floods in years in January last year after downpours that also triggered landslides.
At least 67 persons in the administrative centre and local cities were killed for the reason that disaster. Five people had been killed in the serious floods that submerged complete neighbourhoods in Indonesia's capital Jakarta, authorities explained Sunday, as residents returned to clean their homes and salvage belongings. The town was struck by torrential rains over the weekend, which flooded a large number of significant roads and forced hundreds of men and women to rush to crisis shelters.
