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What can be done is to reduce, not to remove, the flood risks and damages and make Jakarta a safer (aman) place to live in. That is what the government's road map is all about. No dreams but ...

Severe flooding in Jakarta that’s left swaths of the capital underwater has killed at least 30 people and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes, according to Indonesia’s disaster agency.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono, said that the Jakarta flood that occurred on February 25, 2020, is everyone's responsibility. "If it concerns ...

At the peak of the flooding -- caused by more than a week of rains in Jakarta and surrounding areas, which eased off last Friday -- officials reported over 400,000 people were displaced.

Flooding earlier this year in Jakarta, Southeast Asia’s largest city, provided a tragic reminder of the human costs of urban vulnerability. After embankments on the Citarum river broke, floodwaters ...

Monsoonal rain on New Year's Eve submerged a dozen districts in the greater Jakarta area. Rescuers have struggled to search for people under mud in the area's worst flooding since 2007.