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Thursday, January 20, 2005
Indonesia is caught in the Crosshairs of Global Warming/Climate Change
Jakarta Now
1.20.05
BRAVING THE FLOODS: A number of residents of Cililitan Kecil in East Jakarta help evacuate several women who are trapped on the second floor of their flooded home. As of Wednesday, there were still a number of people who refused to leave the rooftops of their houses, despite the flooding caused by incessant rain in the city and floodwaters coming down from Bogor along the Ciliwung river. JP/P.J. Leo
The Land is too saturated. Indonesia
The Jakarta Post
Thousands flee homes as floods paralyze Jakarta
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Panic, fatigue and confusion were etched on Wagino's face, a resident of Kalibata in East Jakarta whose house on the Ciliwung river bank was swept away in Wednesday's floods.