How Severe Were the Jakarta Floods in February 2017?

22/02/2017 14:15 WIB
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The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) reported that 54 locations in Jakarta were flooded due to heavy rainfall since midnight on February 20, 2017. Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, Head of BNPB's Data, Information, and Public Relations Center, detailed that the inundation included 11 locations in South Jakarta, 33 locations in East Jakarta, and 10 locations in North Jakarta.

Although this flood submerged the Cipinang Melayu area in East Jakarta to a depth of 150 centimeters, this natural disaster was not as severe as previous events. Besides fewer flooded locations, the rainfall on February 20, 2017 was also lower compared to the disasters in 2013 and 2015. The flood in Cipinang Melayu this time was severe due to a breach in the Kali Sunter embankment.

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