Thousands of residents in Indonesia's capital have been evacuated due to flooding, Jakarta's governor said on Tuesday, though the level of rivers swollen by the release of water from a reservoir upstream was dropping for now. The torrential rain had also caused landslides in satellite cities around Jakarta, with eight people missing after two landslides around the city of Bogor, police said. TV footage on Tuesday showed people wading through murky brown water in some neighbourhoods of the capital Jakarta. (Image: Reuters) -
A day earlier dramatic TV footage showed fast-running rivers of muddy water gushing down roads, bringing down trees and even some villas in the hilly areas around Jakarta. (Image: Reuters)
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Authorities were forced to release water from a reservoir upstream in the city of Bogor as water levels prompted the highest alert. (Image: Reuters)
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Police and military personnel have been working with volunteers to deal with the impact of the floods. (Image: Reuters)
City authorities have in the last few years sought to improve low-lying Jakarta's vulnerability to flooding during the rainy season. (Image: Reuters) -
More than 50 people died in one of the capital's deadliest floods in 2007 and five years ago much of the centre of the city was inundated after canals overflowed. (Image: Reuters)
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Rescuers in Indonesia have pulled a woman alive from a car trapped by a landslide for 13 hours but several other people were still missing as torrential rains caused havoc in parts of the capital and neighboring West Java. (Image: Reuters)
Television stations broadcast the frantic rescue effort near Jakarta's international airport throughout the night. (Image: Reuters) -
The Indonesian capital has raised its flood alert to the highest level. (Image: Reuters)
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