Banjir di Jakarta Rendam Ribuan Rumah di Mata Media Asing
Floods Inundate Thousands of Homes in Indonesian Capital
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
HUJAN deras di Jakarta mengakibatkan luapan pada saluran air sehingga meluap ke jalan dan merendam ribuan rumah.
Badan Penanggulangan Bencana Nasional (BNPB) mengatakan pada Selasa bahwa lebih dari 50 kawasan di Jakarta terendam banjir, dengan ketinggian hingga 1,5 meter di Jakarta Timur.
Dia mengatakan saluran air tidak mampu menampung limpasan air karena sungai juga meluap.
Banjir pada 2013 menewaskan lebih dari 10 orang di Jakarta di Jakarta dan memaksa puluhan ribu warga mengungsi.
Jakarta dan sekitarnya, Jabodetabek berpenduduk sekitar 30 juta orang, dikatakan pemerintah provinsi berhasil mengurangi kawasan rawan banjir di Jakarta dengan melakukan pengerukan sampah langkah antisipasi lainnya.
Banjir dan tanah longsor yang berbahaya adalah fakta kehidupan bagi masyarakat Indonesia selama musim hujan, dengan kota-kota besar lainnya yang setiap tahun menjadi langganan banjir.
Awal bulan ini, hingga 40.000 orang terjebak dalam banjir parah berikut hari hujan deras di Indonesia dan 13 orang tewas akibat tanah longsor di Bali seperti dikutip Associated Press yang dilansir MailOnline.
TORRENTIAL rains in the Indonesian capital have overwhelmed drains and flooded roads and thousands of homes.
The disaster mitigation agency said Tuesday that more than 50 areas are flooded in Jakarta, with waters up to 1.5 meters (4.9 feet) high in East Jakarta.
It said the city's drains couldn't accommodate the runoff and rivers also overflowed.
Floods in 2013 forced killed more than two dozen people in Jakarta and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes.
The city, which has about 30 million people in its greater metropolitan area, says it has reduced the number of flood prone areas since then by dredging rubbish-filled rivers and other measures.
Floods and deadly landslides are a fact of life for Indonesians during the wet season, with other major cities suffering repeated flooding.
Earlier this month, up to 40,000 people were caught in severe flooding following days of torrential rain in central Indonesia and 13 people were killed in landslides on the resort island of Bali.
