Jakarta’s 49 neighborhood watch swamped following downpour

The BPBD DKI Jakarta (the Jakarta Provincial Disaster Mitigation Firm) reported that 15 people had actually fled their homes after numerous areas were flooded considering that Monday night (Sept 21).

Jakarta – Rains lashing through the night flooded 49 community associations (RTs) in Jakarta on Tuesday early morning, Chief of the Data, Information, and Communication Center of the National Catastrophe Mitigation Company (BNPB) Raditya Jati mentioned.
” The BPBD DKI Jakarta (the Jakarta Provincial Catastrophe Mitigation Agency) reported that 15 people had actually fled their homes after several locations were flooded given that Monday night (Sept 21). Officers have readied evacuee posts in the impacted locations,” he noted in a press statement released here on Tuesday.

Jati kept in mind that the floods impacted 23 RTs in East Jakarta, with floodwaters ranging from 10 centimeters (cm) to 100 cm in height and 14 RTs in West Jakarta, with floodwaters scaling heights of in between 10 cm and 100 cm.

Floods furthermore hit 10 RTs in South Jakarta, with floodwaters reaching 10 cm to 40 cm in height; one RT in North Jakarta, with floodwaters ranging from 20 cm to 50 cm in height; and one RT in Central Jakarta, with floodwaters reaching a height of 20 cm.

” 4 evacuee posts have actually been readied, consisting of the Mushola (Mosque) Riyadhul Saadah in Kembangan Utara, PT Delta Laras Wisata in RW (neighborhood system) 07 in Rawajati, Rawajati public health service post 2 in RW 07 in Rawajati, and the yard of RW 07 main home in Rawajati,” he remarked.

By Tuesday morning, some locations in West Jakarta, including those in the sub-districts of Palmerah, Kebon Jeruk, Grogol, Kembangan, and Cengkareng, were still inundated.

Many areas in Cengkareng Sub-district were swamped, with floodwaters reaching heights of between 10 cm and 30 cm.

Floods in Jakarta were triggered by moderate- to high-intensity rains on Monday night. The rains fell in and around Jakarta.

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Company (BMKG) has actually forecast the capital to continue to experience low-intensity rains.

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