Hundreds of Evacuation Centers Shelter Tens of Thousands of Jakarta Residents
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Based on data from the Jakarta Provincial Disaster Management Agency (BPBD DKI Jakarta), as of 19:00 WIB on January 1, 2020, there were 269 flood evacuation sites. These hundreds of evacuation sites were spread across Jakarta's five administrative regions and housed 31,232 people.
The highest number of evacuees was in East Jakarta, with a total of 13,516 people. West Jakarta followed with 97 evacuation sites and 10,586 evacuees.
Entering 2020, floods submerged Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi (Jabodetabek). This disaster occurred due to high rainfall, reaching 377 mm/day, categorized as extreme weather.
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