Rain - Flood - inundate

After heavy rain drenched Jakarta, several areas suffered from flooding, including …

Via its official twitter account, the agency reported that there was 1-m deep flooding in the area,

The heavy rain has left at least 7 areas across east Jakarta with around 10-20 cm of inundation as of 5.27 pm.

We call on people planning to use the inundated roads to be careful and choose alternative roads instead.

Agency warned that heavy rain with strong winds and lighting could potentially occur in the next few days.

Agency has predicted that such weather conditions would continue until Friday,

As the rainy season has just begun in late November.

The agency predicts that the rainy season across the country will last until March next year.

The agency has predicted that the peak of the rainy season nationwide would occur from December until February.

Meanwhile, the peak of the rainy season in greater Jakarta was likely be in January and February.

if we look at the pattern, the peak will be from mid Jan until mid Feb.

the agency regularly communicated weather prediction updates to regional administrations.

Updates will be every 10 days or monthly.

Weather updates would hopefully help each regional administration to mitigate the risk of flooding or landslides.

With flooding having already occurred (seiring dengan sedang berlangsungnya) in a number of areas across the capital, …

Jakarta is bracing for the impacts of the rainy season.

There are 30 flood-prone areas spread across 5 administrations, 4 of which are in central Jakarta.

the city administration is gearing to mitigate the potential flooding with several strategies, such as …

install vertical drainage systems that guide rainwater directly into the ground to prevent excess runoff.

With 13 rivers running through the capital, ..

Jakarta regularly suffers from flooding when the water volume exceeds the river capacity after heavy rain.

To tackle the problem, the agency has deployed 241 pieces of heavy equipment, including ..

Excavator and dump trucks, to dredge bodies of water.

Agency has repaired sheet piles on rivers to optimize water flow.

The measure was taken to ensure the river wall doesn’t collapse easily if the water volume and river flow is high.

Agency has readied pumps in 153 locations and 102 mobile pumps for draining floodwater.

Agency in cooperation with firefighters have also been removing garbage from water channels since October.

police have established 13 task forces which will be on guard until march.