Flood chaos hits Jakarta

Waist-deep floods brought the Indonesian capital Jakarta to a standstill yesterday, with roads impassable, thousands of homes under water, and the president forced to roll up his trousers at the palace.
The muddy waters paralysed the city, which is home to 20 million people and already notorious for its chaotic traffic, with drivers in snaking queues stuck for hours and cyclists pushing their submerged bikes with only handlebars and seat-posts visible.