JAKARTA: Tens of thousands of Indonesians were still unable to return to their waterlogged homes Saturday after flooding hit the Jakarta capital region, killing at least 53 people, authorities said. More than 170,000 people took refuge in shelters across the massive urban conglomeration – home to some 30 million – after whole neighbourhoods were submerged. On Saturday, Indonesia’s disaster agency said the death toll had climbed to 53 with one person still missing. Jakarta is regularly hit by floods during the rainy season, which started in late November. But this week’s disaster marked Jakarta’s worst flooding since 2013 when dozens were killed after the city was inundated by monsoon rains.

Source: New Strait Times January 04, 2020 04:41 UTC