TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The National Search and Rescue (SAR) Agency (Basarnas) is currently working on a flood map for Jakarta, which is perennially plagued by floods once the monsoon season arrives. "We ...

Jakarta is sinking due to failing infrastructure, land subsidence and rising sea levels, making it vulnerable to flooding.

As well as being one of the most flood-threatened cities on earth, Jakarta is also one of the most Twitter-happy. Its 28 million resident make up one of the largest Twitter communities anywhere.

JAKARTA, Indonesia – If it starts flooding in your part of Jakarta, take a photo and tweet about it. Just make sure your smartphone’s location service is turned on, mention @petajkt and use ...

Got a Google Maps link on floods? Careful, it’s misinformation, says BNPB - City - The Jakarta Post. In a real-life, real-time lesson, ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia—A new project will draw on the power of tweets by residents in this flood-prone metropolis to help improve flood detection, monitoring and response. PetaJakarta.org is an open ...

JAKARTA — Hundreds evacuated from dozens of flooded neighborhoods around Jakarta on Tuesday as torrential rains pounded the Indonesian capital and its surrounding satellite cities, causing ...

When a disaster strikes a major city, millions of tweets, texts and Facebook posts will go out long before local authorities can give an official response. And as climate change makes natural ...