[Updated at 11:28 a.m. on Saturday, Feb 20,2021]
Jakarta Floods flooded parts of Jakarta on Saturday, forcing thousands to leave their homes following heavy rains in the past couple of days.
Sabdo Kurnianto, the interim head of Jakarta’s Regional Disaster Mitigation Firm (BPBD), stated 379 households or a total of 1,380 individuals had to leave their homes as floodwaters reached in between 0.4 to 1.8 meters deep, primarily in the South and East Jakarta.
” Numerous locations that are still affected [by the flood] due to the high rains and overflows of Ciliwung River, Krukut River and Pesanggrahan River in South Jakarta, in addition to the overflow of PHB Sulaiman, Sunter River, Cipinang River in East Jakarta,” in a declaration on Saturday.
There were 193 community systems (RT)– the most affordable administrative system in Indonesia that consists of approximately 50 households– impacted by the flood, Sabdo said. That had to do with 0.6 percent of Jakarta’s 30,470 RTs.
In South Jakarta, 19 people had to leave their flooded houses with water levels measured at between 0.4 to 1.4 meters. An overall of 1,361 individuals in East Jakarta were displaced by the flood, which reached in between 0.4 to 1.8 meters deep.
Weather data from the Meteorology, Meteorology and Geophysics Company (BMKG) revealed moderate to heavy rain fell across the higher Jakarta area at 01.30 a.m. on Saturday, the most recent in a series of pouring rains in the previous week.
The agency had actually warned that the capital may see its worst rains this season this weekend.
The severe weather condition would continue Saturday, BMKG alerted with capacity for rain accompanied by lightning and strong winds in the South, West Jakarta, and East Jakarta locations were expected during the day and night, the company said on its website on Saturday.
Numerous areas in Jakarta toll roads were inundated and unattainable, state-controlled toll road operator stated on Saturday.
These include Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road, Jakarta-Tangerang Toll Road, Jagorawi toll roads, and Jakarta Inner Interstate. Interstate users are encouraged to take alternative routes while the business was working to drain the waters.
” Jasa Marga is currently acting on a number of saturating points […], and we advise roadway users to prepare for several inundation points on the Jasa Marga Group’s toll roads,” Dwimawan Heru, the head of corporate interaction and neighborhood advancement, in a declaration.
State energy company Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) said it had cut the power to more than 60.000 houses in the greater Jakarta location to remove electrocution threat.
Numerous locations that were still without power include Bintara, Jatiasih, Kalimalang, Cipinang, Pondok Gede Permai, Fatmawati, Kemang, Pejaten, Warung Buncit, Kalibata, Pondok Kacang, Puri Bintari, Jatibening, Jatiwarungin, Pondok Gede, Ciledug, Petukangan, Kampung Makasar, Pinang Ranti, dan Karet Tengsin.
” PLN will bring back electrical energy at the flood site if all the electricity networks on locals houses and PLN are dry and all set for electrical power, and both parties sign the minutes of ignition,” Doddy B. Pangaribuan, PLN’s basic supervisor for Jakarta circulation location, said.
