A month's worth of rain in 24 hours has left parts of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, underwater.

© Adi Weda/EPAResidents carry a young girl as they walk in a flooded street in Jakarta, Indonesia

Fortunately, there were no reports of loss of life following the downpours on Monday night, which hit Jakarta and the satellite cities of Bekasi and Tangerang. A total of 87 floods were reported across Jakarta by the morning rush hour.

Unsurprisingly, in a city which struggles to deal with traffic congestion, there was disruption to road and rail services. Both Gambir and Sudirman railway stations were closed.

Jakarta Observatory reported a 24-hour rainfall total of 277.5 millimetres, which is the equivalent of one month's worth of rain

It has been less than two months since Jakarta was hit by the heaviest rainfall the city has seen in more than a decade. Then, 60 people were reportedly killed in the flooding. In the January floods, 377mm of rain fell in a similar period of time.

The current situation remains critical, however, with the Ciliwung river continuing to rise and posing a threat to many parts of the city as it is already at a dangerously high level.

The rainfall is probably the result of a change of wind direction brought about by two tropical cyclones, one over the Northern Territory of Australia and the other just off the coast of Western Australia.

Heavy showers will remain a risk for Jakarta over the next few days, although there is nothing in the forecast predictions to suggest anything as heavy as Monday night.

The flood situation in Greater Jakarta, Indonesia, has worsened, with disaster authorities reporting at least 9 people have now died since the current floods began on 23 February.

Indonesia's disaster management agency, Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB) reported on 27 February that 4 people have died in Bekasi City, 3 in Greater Jakarta and 2 in South Tangerang.

© BNPBFloods in Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia February 2020

Flooding has been affected parts of Greater Jakarta over the last few days. As of 25 February, Karawang Regency and East Jakarta were the worst hit areas.

Since then flooding has affected areas of Bekasi City and the bordering Bekasi Regency, Subang Regency and parts of and Tangerang and South Tangerang in Banten Province.

BNPB said that, as of 27 February, a total of 35,891 people had been displaced in the Jakarta metropolitan area (known locally as Jabodetabek), including 13,754 in Karawang, 8,582 in Subang and 7,106 in East Jakarta.

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