Jakarta in knee-deep waters, braces for major floods
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People are transported across a flooded road on a wooden cart in Jakarta on Jan 16, 2013. Thousands of residents are being evacuated after floods inundated several areas of Jakarta due to the overflow of the Ciliwung River and several days of heavy rains in the capital city, local media reported on Wednesday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A boy plays in a flooded road in Jakarta on Jan 16, 2013. Thousands of residents are being evacuated after floods inundated several areas of Jakarta due to the overflow of the Ciliwung River and several days of heavy rains in the capital city, local media reported on Wednesday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Residents flee from their flooded housing complex in Jakarta on Jan 16, 2013. Floods inundated several areas of Jakarta due to the overflow of the Ciliwung River and several days of heavy rains in the capital city, local media reported on Wednesday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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People ride a man-pulled cart through a flooded street in Jakarta on Jan 16, 2013. Floodwaters have inundated 52 sub-districts in Jakarta, claiming one life and displacing some 6,000 residents, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB). -- PHOTO: AFP
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A girl holds a swimming ring while wading through floodwaters in Jakarta, Indonesia on Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013. Flooding caused by monsoon rains have forced thousands of people to flee their homes in Indonesia's capital. -- PHOTO: AP
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People ride a man pulled cart through a flooded street in Jakarta on Jan 16, 2013. Floodwaters have inundated 52 sub-districts in Jakarta, claiming one life and displacing some 6,000 residents, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB). -- PHOTO: AFP
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People ride a man pulled cart through a flooded street in Jakarta on Jan 16, 2013. Floodwaters have inundated 52 sub-districts in Jakarta, claiming one life and displacing some 6,000 residents, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB). -- PHOTO: AFP
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Indonesians wade through floodwaters in Jakarta, Indonesia on Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013. Flooding caused by monsoon rains have forced thousands of people to flee their homes in Indonesia's capital. -- PHOTO: AP
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A mother holds her son's hands while wading through floodwaters in Jakarta, Indonesia on Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013. Flooding caused by monsoon rains have forced thousands of people to flee their homes in Indonesia's capital. -- PHOTO: AP
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A girl holds a swimming ring while wading through floodwaters in Jakarta, Indonesia on Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013. Flooding caused by monsoon rains have forced thousands of people to flee their homes in Indonesia's capital. -- PHOTO: AP
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Local residents take their belonging from a flood-hit house in Jakarta, Indonesia on Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013. Heavy rains caused flood in some parts of the city. -- PHOTO: AP
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A woman sits on a rubber float as she is evacuated from her flooded housing complex in Jakarta on Jan 16, 2013. Floods inundated several areas of Jakarta due to the overflow of the Ciliwung River and several days of heavy rains in the capital city, local media reported on Wednesday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
People are transported across a flooded road on a wooden cart in Jakarta on Jan 16, 2013. Thousands of residents are being evacuated after floods inundated several areas of Jakarta due to the overflow of the Ciliwung River and several days of heavy rains in the capital city, local media reported on Wednesday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A boy plays in a flooded road in Jakarta on Jan 16, 2013. Thousands of residents are being evacuated after floods inundated several areas of Jakarta due to the overflow of the Ciliwung River and several days of heavy rains in the capital city, local media reported on Wednesday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Residents flee from their flooded housing complex in Jakarta on Jan 16, 2013. Floods inundated several areas of Jakarta due to the overflow of the Ciliwung River and several days of heavy rains in the capital city, local media reported on Wednesday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
People ride a man-pulled cart through a flooded street in Jakarta on Jan 16, 2013. Floodwaters have inundated 52 sub-districts in Jakarta, claiming one life and displacing some 6,000 residents, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB). -- PHOTO: AFP
A girl holds a swimming ring while wading through floodwaters in Jakarta, Indonesia on Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013. Flooding caused by monsoon rains have forced thousands of people to flee their homes in Indonesia's capital. -- PHOTO: AP
People ride a man pulled cart through a flooded street in Jakarta on Jan 16, 2013. Floodwaters have inundated 52 sub-districts in Jakarta, claiming one life and displacing some 6,000 residents, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB). -- PHOTO: AFP
People ride a man pulled cart through a flooded street in Jakarta on Jan 16, 2013. Floodwaters have inundated 52 sub-districts in Jakarta, claiming one life and displacing some 6,000 residents, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB). -- PHOTO: AFP
Indonesians wade through floodwaters in Jakarta, Indonesia on Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013. Flooding caused by monsoon rains have forced thousands of people to flee their homes in Indonesia's capital. -- PHOTO: AP
A mother holds her son's hands while wading through floodwaters in Jakarta, Indonesia on Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013. Flooding caused by monsoon rains have forced thousands of people to flee their homes in Indonesia's capital. -- PHOTO: AP
A girl holds a swimming ring while wading through floodwaters in Jakarta, Indonesia on Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013. Flooding caused by monsoon rains have forced thousands of people to flee their homes in Indonesia's capital. -- PHOTO: AP
Local residents take their belonging from a flood-hit house in Jakarta, Indonesia on Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013. Heavy rains caused flood in some parts of the city. -- PHOTO: AP
A woman sits on a rubber float as she is evacuated from her flooded housing complex in Jakarta on Jan 16, 2013. Floods inundated several areas of Jakarta due to the overflow of the Ciliwung River and several days of heavy rains in the capital city, local media reported on Wednesday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Heavy rain drenching parts of Indonesia’s capital city has driven at least 10,000 people from their homes and was blamed for at least nine deaths in Jakarta and surrounding cities alone.
