Articles tagged ‘flooding’

Jakarta 75% flooded

By Nick | February 5th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Jakarta is severely affected by the flooding, which has covered 75% of the city. This moring I saw photos in the Jakarta Post of people on tin roofs, warungs in 5 ft of water and locals using rafts, to navigate the dirty brown water. Here’s more from the Jakarta Post.

 

Flooding worse in Jakarta

By Nick | February 4th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

The wet season is really hitting Jakarta hard. Looking at BBC’s website, 20 people have been killed and 340,000 are homeless.