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Indonesia – Floods DKI Jakarta Province, Depok, Bekasi and Tangerang, Banten Province 4 February 2007 Torrential rain for several days during the last week until today in Bogor, a city located 60 km south of Jakarta and at a higher altitude, combined with heavy rains over Jakarta triggered overflowing of rivers and flooding in Jakarta, Bekasi and Tangerang, since Thursday 1 February. Thousands of houses, buildings (including 1,498 schools), and roads have been inundated. In Jakarta, more than 60% of the five mayoral areas have been inundated, with East Jakarta as the worst affected area. Telephone lines and electricity networks have been cut off in some parts of the city. Floodwaters have blocked some major roads and paralyzed transportation in the city. In parts of the city, trains are not functioning as railways have been also inundated. Flood water levels have rapidly increased during the last four days and reached beyond four meters in some areas. People are trapped on the roofs of their houses while evacuation and distribution of logistics have been compounded by the limited number of available rubber boats and the large coverage of the flooding. In Bogor, continuous rains triggered a landslide on Saturday 3 February, which caused two deaths and left three persons missing, and 19 houses damaged.
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