Floods cripples Jakarta
Reuters, Jakarta
Torrential rain triggered floods in the Indonesian capital yesterday, blocking roads and trapping residents in their homes as torrents of muddy water reached a depth of 2 metres (6.7 ft), police and witnesses said. Floods during the rainy season in Indonesia are common, but the heavy rains this week have caused chaos on roads and shut some train lines around Jakarta, police said. "There is waist-deep water outside my building," said Rhea Chand, who works in the development sector and lives in South Jakarta. There had been no reports of deaths so far, but a string of major roads and flyovers in the city were closed, police said. A major toll road leading to the airport was closed briefly and telephone lines were also down in some parts of the city of 9 million as flooding affected underground cables, officials said.
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