Many areas in Jakarta were hit with prolonged periods of heavy rainfall since yesterday evening, resulting in what could be the largest widespread flooding the capital has seen in about two years.
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), along with open source flood reporting platform PetaBencana.id, announced that they have received around 400 reports of floods from citizens across the Greater Jakarta area since midnight.
Lebih dari 400 laporan terkumpul sejak pukul 00.00 wib twips. Pastikan lokasi kamu aman dari genangan cc @Prambors pic.twitter.com/UXi5bAm9Mz
— PetaBencana.id (@petabencana) February 21, 2017
According to BNPB, as of 8am, there were 56 flooded locations in Jakarta. The highest number was in East Jakarta with 34 flood spots, followed by North Jakarta with 14 and South Jakarta with 11.
Most of the floods range between 10-50cm in water depth, but some neighborhoods had it much worse, such as East Jakarta’s Pondok Kelapa and Taman Malaka neighborhoods with floods as deep as 100cm.
If you have to travel today, the Jakarta Traffic Police’s official Twitter account @TMCPoldaMetro has been posting recent photos of floods from throughout the city. Avoid these areas if at all possible until the floods subside.
Kemang
10.11 #banjir di jl kemang utara 9 jakselpic.twitter.com/HhhPtP6siB
— TMC Polda Metro Jaya (@TMCPoldaMetro) February 21, 2017
Kelapa Gading
10.06 #banjir di jl raya kelapa hybrida kelapa gading jakutpic.twitter.com/sYYX0VYS7v
— TMC Polda Metro Jaya (@TMCPoldaMetro) February 21, 2017
Cempaka Mas towards Senen
10.01 #banjir di depan itc cempaka mas arah senen jakpuspic.twitter.com/t7yHuFBXlz
— TMC Polda Metro Jaya (@TMCPoldaMetro) February 21, 2017
Grogol
09.54 #banjir depan trisakti grogol jakbarhttps://t.co/m71UDZOH5E
— TMC Polda Metro Jaya (@TMCPoldaMetro) February 21, 2017
Ciracas
09.47 #banjir di blkg komplek pemadam kebakaran kelapa dua wetan ciracas jaktimpic.twitter.com/7yFq4BGJYI
— TMC Polda Metro Jaya (@TMCPoldaMetro) February 21, 2017
Pondok Surya Mandala, Bekasi
09.45 #banjir di perumahan pondok surya mandala bekasipic.twitter.com/QYuHl100dF
— TMC Polda Metro Jaya (@TMCPoldaMetro) February 21, 2017
Gunung Sahari
09.43 #banjir di jembatan merah gunung sahari jakpushttps://t.co/e88tutIisj
— TMC Polda Metro Jaya (@TMCPoldaMetro) February 21, 2017
Harapan Indah, Bekasi
09.42 #banjir di harapan indah bekasipic.twitter.com/OvcTPtAaE9
— TMC Polda Metro Jaya (@TMCPoldaMetro) February 21, 2017
Halim Airport tunnel
09.31 #banjir 25Cm di terowongan halim menuju cawang, sdh dpt dilalui kendaraan besar pic.twitter.com/vpJiPGScre
— TMC Polda Metro Jaya (@TMCPoldaMetro) February 21, 2017
Kemayoran
09.19 #banjir di Jl industri kemayoran Jakpuspic.twitter.com/9XERRRPw7I
— TMC Polda Metro Jaya (@TMCPoldaMetro) February 21, 2017
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