Severe flooding in the Jakarta region has caused multiple deaths and thousands of damaged homes. Read more on this story here:
At their peak, the floods had inundated thousands of homes and buildings, forced authorities to cut off electricity and water and paralysed transport networks, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency said.
The government deployed medical teams and rafts to the worst-hit areas, and emergency food supplies were sent by rescuers in boats for those remaining on the upper floors of their homes. Jakarta is home to 10 million people, with the population expanding to 30 million when including those in its greater metropolitan area.
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