Floods cripple Jakarta
Whole neighbourhoods of Indonesia's capital Jakarta and dozens of major roads were flooded yesterday after torrential rains pounded the Southeast Asian city overnight. More than 1,300 residents have been evacuated to temporary shelters, with parts of the capital under four to nine feet (1.2 to 2.7 metres) of water. No casualties have been reported so far. Jakarta, a megalopolis that is home to around 30 million people, is frequently hit by floods in the rainy season.
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