Type of Emergency
Floods, triggered by heavy seasonal rain.
Background
150 mm heavy rains down poured Bogor, Depok and southern parts of Jakarta since Tuesday, 23 January, caused Ciliwung River and Pesanggrahan River to overflow. More than 70,000 houses in Jakarta, Tangerang and Bekasi were flooded. The water level ranged from 10 centimeters to 5 meters.
Caption: Floods inundated building and roads, paralyzed Jakarta for days.
The city's flood crisis centre reported that the floods affected estimated 80 districts in Jakarta. It blocked roads and railways in Jakarta and thousands of people abandoned their homes in low-lying areas as torrential downpours virtually paralyzed the Indonesian capital on Friday, 2 February 2007.
Seasonal downpours cause dozens of landslides and flash-floods each year in Indonesia, a sprawling archipelago of 17,000 islands, where millions of people live in mountainous areas or near fertile plains.
Affected Areas
(Please see attached map of the flood affected areas).
Current Situation
The state-owned power firm PT PLN was forced to shutdown some power plants in Jakarta and Tangerang because of the floods. The floods have disrupted the distribution of fuel and basic commodities. Communications have also been affected as the water submerged hundreds of base transceiver stations in JABODETABEK (Jakarta-Bogor-Depok-Tangerang-Bekasi). Supply of clean water, as tap water, has been cut off in flood affected areas. In some areas, flood victims have been in need of food, clothes, and alternate accommodations, while in others flood victims remained trapped in their houses. Scarce availability of transportation vehicles has restricted food distribution to a number of flood hit areas. (OCHA Field Situation Report 2).
Within this week, as reported by local media, BMG informed that heavy rain would continue until the next few days in the areas of Jakarta – Bogor – Depok – Tangerang – Bekasi (JABODETABEK). There are also possibilities of landslides in some areas due to heavy rains.
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