![Indonesian national police guide a rubber boat through flooded streets as they rescue residents in Jakarta. [Bagus Indahono/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/h_56711343.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![Thousands of homes were damaged in Jakarta, according to the BNPD. [Bagus Indahono/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/h_56711728.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![People swim through a flooded neighbourhood. Heavy downpours combined with poor city sewage planning often causes heavy flooding in parts of greater Jakarta. [Tatan Syuflana/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AP_21051272819737.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![The floods come at a time when Indonesia is already grappling with Southeast Asia's highest caseload and death tally from COVID-19, as well as a sharp economic downturn. [Wahyu Putro/Antara Foto via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-02-20T052154Z_1787129715_RC25WL91CKMY_RTRMADP_3_INDONESIA-FLOODS.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![A street vendor pushes his cart through the floodwater. Indonesia’s meteorology agency has said the heaviest rain of the season may fall in and around the densely populated capital in the coming days. [Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-02-20T130223Z_554895425_RC27WL9PY0L8_RTRMADP_3_INDONESIA-FLOODS.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![Indonesian Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) personnel evacuate a baby in a flood-hit area. [Handout: Indonesia's Search and Rescue Agency via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-02-20T065116Z_2030507899_RC26WL936GM6_RTRMADP_3_INDONESIA-FLOODS.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![Some 1,380 Jakarta residents were evacuated from southern and eastern parts of the city, home to 10 million people. [Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-02-20T093022Z_1291971301_RC29WL9PC0ZU_RTRMADP_3_INDONESIA-FLOODS.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![Residents use a homemade raft to make their way through a flooded street. [Tatan Syuflana/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AP_21051276836038.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
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