© JP/Dewanti WardhaniA boy stands on a makeshift raft in Kampung Pulo, East Jakarta, on Friday. Thousands of houses in Kampung Pulo were inundated over the last two days after heavy rain fell in Bogor, West Java. Many residents have begun reconsidering the city administration’s offer of relocation to low-cost apartments as the area has flooded several times this month.
Flooding has hit thousands of homes in Kampung Pulo, East Jakarta, over the last two days after heavy rain fell in Bogor, West Java, increasing water levels in the Katulampa reservoir to rise and causing the Ciliwung River to burst its banks.
The floodwater, which reached up to 2 meters in some places, inundated almost all the houses in the area but no fatalities have been reported and nobody was evacuated; most residents stayed on the second floors of their homes, as is their habit during the height of the rainy season.
According to the head of neighborhood unit (RT) 4, Usep Tahrudin, the flooding hit Kampung Pulo on Thursday afternoon. The water receded after several hours, only to return at a higher level at dawn on Friday.
"At midnight we received information that more floodwater was coming. So, thankfully, we were able to anticipate and make preparations," Usep told
The Jakarta Post on Friday.
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