Floods trigger vitality outages, evacuations in Indonesia's capital
09 February, 2021
Floods, heavy rainfall and power outages led people to evacuate their homes found in elements of Indonesia's capital on Monday (Feb 8), with the circumstances - worsened by the La Nina temperature pattern - expected to continue until March or perhaps April.
More than 1,000 people found in east and south Jakarta were evacuated after torrential rainfall overnight, local media reported, with households along the winding Ciliwung River among the worst damaged by the floods.
"If the flood gets greater, we will have to take refuge somewhere else, but if it remains this high, then I are convinced we will decide never to evacuate," explained resident Isti Barokah, whose home was flooded.
"The majority of our stuff has already been on the next floor."
Wooden homes along the river were partially submerged in muddy brown water. Kids played waist-deep in the normal water before their homes.
Fire section officials dressed in red lifestyle jackets inspected the afflicted areas, where they said some elderly occupants and small kids were evacuated.
The country's meteorology, climatology and geophysical agency (BMKG) had issued serious rain alerts across populous Java island, Bali and elements of eastern Indonesia.
Indonesia frequently suffers floods and landslides, particularly through the rainy season from November to March.
President Joko Widodo in October warned of the hazardous influence of the La Nina climate pattern, just like flooding, landslides and agriculture losses, just after BMKG indicated monthly rainfall volume could boost by 20 % to 40 % above normal levels.
The flooding came days after a factory making batik, a traditional method of creating dyed materials and fabric, was inundated, flooding a close by village and generating surreal, blood-red waters.
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