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, 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 ...

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—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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...