JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia's disaster agency warned Thursday of more deaths after torrential rains pounded the Jakarta region, triggering floods and landslides that killed at least 29 and left vast swaths of the megalopolis underwater. Police in Lebak said Thursday they were searching for as many as eight people who could still be missing. The disaster marked Jakarta's worst flooding since 2013 when dozens were killed after the city was inundated by monsoon rains. Jakarta is regularly hit by floods during Indonesia's rainy season, which started in late November. Authorities said Thursday that some 31,000 people had been evacuated, but that figure did not include residents in Jakarta's satellite cities.

Source: Philippine Star January 02, 2020 13:18 UTC