Thousands of people were evacuated in Indonesia's capital Jakarta on Tuesday after floods swamped the region, officials said, with heavy rain expected to continue until next week.

As the severe flooding that hit the Greater Jakarta area slowly receded, local authorities rushed to start the recovery process by cleaning up key infrastructure and residents’ houses, but the public ...

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The relocation site for families forced to make way for an upscale Jakarta property development was hit by a major flood this ...

Extreme weather has exacerbated flooding in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta and its surrounding cities, adding to the metropolis’ chronic problems of poor urban planning and land subsidence ...

Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung had previously inspected the Bantargebang TPST in Bekasi, West Java, along with the Bekasi ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Jakarta Provincial Government will build dikes to anticipate the potential of tidal flooding. The construction is planned to start after Eid al-Fitr in 1446 Hijriah or Lebaran ...

Thousands of people were evacuated in Indonesia's capital Jakarta on Tuesday after floods swamped the region, officials said, with heavy rain expected to continue over the next few days.

JAKARTA: The government has said it is considering designating flood mitigation in Greater Jakarta a national strategic project (PSN) this year, following massive flooding in the region earlier ...

The Ciliwung River overflowed due to heavy rainfall, triggering flash floods in South and East Jakarta on Monday, March 3. Residents in Kampung Melayu Village, East Jakarta, were evacuated as ...