“We’re encouraging people whose houses are still inundated to go to a safer place,” said National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Agus Wibowo. The agency said 43 people had been confirmed dead in Greater Jakarta and neighboring Lebak regency in the south of Java island. Shelters filled up with refugees, including infants, resting on thin mats as food and drinking water ran low. But this week’s disaster marked Jakarta’s worst flooding since 2013 when dozens were killed after the city was inundated by monsoon rains. “This year’s flooding was phenomenally bad because of the extremely high rainfall,” said Yayat Supriatna, a Jakarta-based urban planning expert.

Source: The Guardian January 03, 2020 10:41 UTC