The standing water, which has been going on for five consecutive days, shows a trend that is increasingly widespread and is causing concern among local residents.
Some residents are still staying in their homes and fleeing if the water starts to rise. Residents admitted that they had just received rice boxes from the sub-district and were now starting to need clean water and medicine.
Meanwhile, BPBD DKI Jakarta warned of the potential for coastal flooding (rob) on 14-21 November 2024 in 10 coastal areas north of Jakarta.
(Translated by Google)
Subsidence is a big problem there. [Link]
From a Bloomberg article: "Venice is sinking. So are Rotterdam, Bangkok and New York. But no place compares to Jakarta, the fastest-sinking megacity on the planet. Over the past 25 years, the hardest-hit areas of Indonesia’s capital have subsided more than 16 feet. The city has until 2030 to figure out a solution, experts say, or it will be too late to hold back the Java Sea." [Link]