The flooding in Jakarta has now driven 480,000 people out of their homes. 480,000. I wish you could do numbers in caps. 480,000.
That's another New Orleans, that's an epic disaster. And there will just be more and more of this to come. It might not be on the news here that much, but these stories will happen more and more.
"Authorities earlier estimated that up to 60 percent of Jakarta was submerged by waters reaching up to 4 meters deep in some places.
The Meteorological and Geophysics Agency has forecast that heavy rains will continue to hit Jakarta in the coming weeks. February is the peak of the rainy season in the country.
Environmentalists blame the frequent flooding in Jakarta on poor urban planning and deforestation of hillside areas to the south of the city. " LINK
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