Live

In Pictures

Gallery

In Pictures: Jakarta slammed by monsoon floods

More than 1,300 residents forced to evacuate Jakarta after the Indonesian capital hit by severe monsoon floods.

Indonesian rescuers evacuate people amid flood water in Jakarta. [Bagus Indahono/EPA]
Indonesian rescuers evacuate people amid flood water in Jakarta. [Bagus Indahono/EPA]
21 Feb 2021

Severe flooding across several parts of the Indonesian capital Jakarta forced more than 1,000 people to flee their homes on Saturday, with the country’s meteorology agency warning that the conditions were set to continue for the next week.

Some 1,380 Jakarta residents were evacuated from southern and eastern parts of the city, home to 10 million people after floodwaters reached a height of 1.8 metres (six feet) in some areas, said Sabdo Kurnianto, the acting head of Jakarta’s National Board for Disaster Management (BNPD), in a statement. He said no casualties had been reported.

The floods come at a time when Indonesia is already grappling with the highest caseload and death tally from COVID-19 in Southeast Asia as well as an economic recession.

Indonesia’s meteorology agency (BMKG) has said the heaviest rain of the season may fall in and around the densely populated capital in the coming days, with extreme weather, including heavy rain, thunder and strong winds, expected throughout next week.

The BMKG said Jakarta would be on alert for the next four days, with data from the meteorology agency showing intense rainfall in the past 24 hours with the area of Pasar Minggu, in Jakarta’s south, recording 226 millimetres (8.9 inches) of rain since Friday.

Indonesian national police guide a rubber boat through flooded streets as they rescue residents in Jakarta. [Bagus Indahono/EPA]
Indonesian national police guide a rubber boat through flooded streets as they rescue residents in Jakarta. [Bagus Indahono/EPA]
Advertisement
Thousands of homes were damaged in Jakarta, according to the BNPD. [Bagus Indahono/EPA]
Thousands of homes were damaged in Jakarta, according to the BNPD. [Bagus Indahono/EPA]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Indonesian Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) personnel evacuate a baby in a flood-hit area. [Handout: Indonesia's Search and Rescue Agency via Reuters]
Indonesian Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) personnel evacuate a baby in a flood-hit area. [Handout: Indonesia's Search and Rescue Agency via Reuters]
Advertisement
Some 1,380 Jakarta residents were evacuated from southern and eastern parts of the city, home to 10 million people. [Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Reuters]
Some 1,380 Jakarta residents were evacuated from southern and eastern parts of the city, home to 10 million people. [Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Reuters]
Residents use a homemade raft to make their way through a flooded street. [Tatan Syuflana/AP Photo]
Residents use a homemade raft to make their way through a flooded street. [Tatan Syuflana/AP Photo]

Related

More from Gallery

In Pictures: A year on, justice eludes victims of Delhi violence

In this February 28, 2020, photo, a man gestures as a senior Delhi police officer speaks to a group of Muslims ahead of Friday prayers near a heavily-policed fire-bombed mosque in New Delhi. [Altaf Qadri/AP Photo]

In Pictures: Ecuador prison riots leave dozens dead

Soldiers stand guard outside the CRS Turi prison in Cuenca. [Fernando Machado/AFP]

In Pictures: Ecuador Indigenous people march against ‘vote fraud’

An Indigenous supporter of Ecuadorean presidential candidate for the Pachakutik movement, Yaku Perez, takes part in a march towards the National Electoral Council in Quito. [Rodrigo Buendia/AFP]

In Pictures: US pandemic toll – one year, half a million lives

A victim is taken on a stretcher into the United Memorial Medical Center after going through COVID testing on March 19, 2020, in Houston, Texas, as the disease began spreading throughout the US. [David J Phillip/AP]
Most Read

‘Hold MBS accountable’: World reacts to US Khashoggi report

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was a columnist for the Washington Post newspaper who had been critical of the Saudi government [File: Omar Shagaleh/Anadolu]

Archeologists unearth intact ancient Roman chariot near Pompeii

The chariot's first iron element emerged on January 7 from the blanket of volcanic material filling the two-storey portico [Handout/AFP]

Pro-Trump Republicans dominate conservative conference

People take a picture with a gold statue of former US President Donald Trump's statue on display at the Conservative Political Action Conference [Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP]

LeBron James hits back at Zlatan in athlete activism spat

James has been a force for social change in the US, focusing much of his attention on police brutality and racial injustice [File: Phil Long/AP Photo]