Indonesian monsoon floods: More than 1,300 forced to evacuate Jakarta

Indonesian monsoon floods: More than 1,300 forced to evacuate Jakarta

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Reuters reports that heavy rains over several areas in Indonesia’s capital forced evacuation on Saturday.

The whole picture: The country’s meteorological agency has warned that conditions are expected to worsen as the heaviest rain of the season could fall in and around Jakarta next week, according to Reuters.

  • Officials said early Saturday that about 200 neighborhoods had been affected by the flooding.
  • According to Reuters, floodwaters in some areas reached almost 6 meters high.
  • The news agency noted that floods are coming because the country is still seeing a large number of cases of coronavirus.
Rescue workers help evacuate people from a flooded neighborhood in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo: Ed Wray / Getty Images
A resident walks into a flooded area after heavy rain in the Kemang area of ​​Jakarta. Photo: Anton Raharjo / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Residents of the Kemang neighborhood in Jakarta are evacuated during a flood. Photo: Anton Raharjo / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Police are evacuating a man from a flooded business district in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo: Ed Wray / Getty Images
A police officer controls traffic in a street in Jakarta’s business district. Photo: Afriadi Hikmal / NurPhoto via Getty Images
A street vendor wanders through a flooded street in Jakarta. Photo: Afriadi Hikmal / NurPhoto via Getty Images

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