Five people were killed and three were missing while thousands had to evacuate their homes following Tuesday’s flooding in Jakarta and its satellite cities, according to the first set of data on casualties related to the fresh disaster released by the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB).
Of the five people who were killed, two lived in Bekasi, one lived in East Jakarta, one lived in West Jakarta, and one lived in South Tangerang. They were killed by either electrocution or drowning.
Meanwhile, two were missing in Bekasi and one was missing in South Tangerang.
BNPB said 89 shelters have been set up throughout the Greater Jakarta Area to give temporary refuge to thousands who had to evacuate their flooded homes.
“19,901 citizens from 5,954 households were evacuated in Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi,” BNPB said in a statement yesterday, as quoted by Detik.
On Tuesday, Jakarta saw the worst flooding since the deadly New Year’s Day deluge with large areas of the capital, as well as satellite cities Bekasi and Tangerang, inundated following heavy rainfall that began the evening before.
The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said Tuesday’s floods in Jakarta were caused by rainfall that was much less intense than that which caused the floods on New Year’s Day, which claimed 67 lives.
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