“You can never be too prepared,” says the resident of Muara Angke, a coastal area of the Indonesian capital. In July, heavy rains flooded her home up to knee level, she said. “Residents in informal settlements along the riverbank, like (in) Muara Angke, are most at risk of flooding,” said Nyoman Prayoga, a flood-resilience programme manager at charity Mercy Corps Indonesia. In Muara Angke, ramshackle homes made of plastic, tin and cardboard line the muddy streets, with dozens of garbage bags piling up at every corner. But, I think they were won over by the subsidised rent and safety from floods.”He said the government planned to build apartments to house 5,000 more families in Muara Angke by 2019.

Source: New Strait Times December 17, 2017 00:45 UTC