While rainy season has been well in affect in Jakarta for many weeks now, this afternoon marked the first truly extreme downpour of the season, the first to cause serious flooding throughout numerous parts of the capital and the first real test of Governor Anies Baswedan’s preparations for and response to combat the banjir.
According to the Jakarta Disaster Management Agency, heavy rains hit most of the Greater Jakarta Metro area but rainfall that could be classified as “extreme” hit certain areas of South Jakarta, West Jakarta, East Jakarta and North Jakarta from around 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm this afternoon. Their data shows that the highest intensity rain hit South Jakarta at 1:43 pm at a rate of 288 mm/day.
The brief but extreme bout of rainfall created serious flooding in several spots around the city that didn’t experience severe banjir during the last rainy season such as Jalan Rasuna Said in Kuningan. The major South Jakarta thoroughfare experienced flooding as high as 30-40 cm high in some sections according to Viva, forcing drivers to slowly wade their vehicles through the flood waters.
14.37 Banjir sepanjang jalan Rasuna Said Kuningan, situasi lalu lintas terpantau padat @lilonardhttps://t.co/wkjMp2EGsN
— TMC Polda Metro Jaya (@TMCPoldaMetro) December 11, 2017
The Jakarta Police Traffic Management Center’s Twitter account has dutifully retweeted photos from across the capital warning travelers about the various levels of flooding in different areas as well as fallen trees. Judging from their photos and media reports much of the worst flooding took place around South Jakarta.
In front of the Ministry of Manpower on Jalan Gatot Subroto
@TMCPoldaMetro banjir di depan kemenaker pic.twitter.com/1SAya4rziX
— CR.AMK (@Cero_Amunk09) December 11, 2017
Blok M
https://twitter.com/agassi_kun/status/940121114663051264
Jalan Adityawarman, Kebayoran Baru
@TMCPoldaMetro @RadioElshinta banjir lumayan dlm di jln Adityawarman kebayoran pic.twitter.com/rw0NLk3ndQ
— Harsanto (@boogie_duut) December 11, 2017
Fallen tree in front of the Hotel Mulia, Senayan
Pohon tumbang depan hotel mulia senayan 14:10 pic.twitter.com/8xTlkCwgS4
— rizki arrisyantoro (@RizkiArri) December 11, 2017
In front of Gandaria City Mall
https://twitter.com/TMCPoldaMetro/status/940125505398829056
Near the Wisma BNI 46 tower
https://twitter.com/razakrusdy/status/940127675514986497
Jalan Yos Sudarso, North Jakarta
Jalan Yos Sudarso, depan Gedung Altira, Jakarta Utara, banjir! Pengendara roda dua hati-hati. @RadioElshinta @reporterjail @TMCPoldaMetro @NTMCLantasPolri pic.twitter.com/ltcPkBLOQh
— Rommy Roosyana (@RommyRoosyana) December 11, 2017
Jalan Bendungan Hilir, Tanah Abang
Genangan di Jl. Bendungan Hilir Raya Depan RS AL Mintohardjo @TMCPoldaMetro pic.twitter.com/ZEsBVhaypd
— Ⓘ︎Ⓔ︎Ⓘ︎Ⓔ︎ (@ieiechubby) December 11, 2017
Even part of Jalan Sudirman near the iconic Hotel Indonesia Roundabout going towards Semanggi saw some flooding, enough to severely slow down traffic in the area.
https://twitter.com/TMCPoldaMetro/status/940144239584747521
Naturally the flooding has wreaked havoc on traffic throughout the capital as motorists attempt to avoid or carefully navigate the slowly receding waters. Stay safe and stay dry folks!
SELAMAT DATANG… BANJIR pic.twitter.com/RDwQErucSZ
— Shuryú 📷📹🎶🐱🌊♓️🇮🇩 (@wowadit) December 11, 2017
