Killing floods hit Jakarta






Tens of thousands of Indonesians had not returned to their homes on Saturday, January 4, following the floods that hit the Jakarta region, causing 60 deaths, according to the authorities.
The worst monsoon rains in more than a decade deluged Jakarta this week and rising rivers submerged at least 182 neighbourhoods while landslides on the city’s outskirts buried at least a dozen people. More than 170,000 people have been displaced by floods, the largest in several years, which have caused chaos and power outages in parts of the largest city in Southeast Asia. Most of the people who died in these floods drowned, were buried in landslides or suffered from hypothermia.


The torrential rains caused sudden floods and landslides in the regions of Jakarta and Lebak, located southwest of the island of Java, about 100 kilometres from the capital. The conditions of the refugees have become very difficult especially due to the lack of water and food.
Eleven thousand soldiers and first-aid workers were deployed to distribute medicines, disinfectant kits in order to avoid the spread of hepatitis A or dengue outbreaks in particular, according to the Ministry of Health.
The disaster is the worst flood in Jakarta since 2013, when 47 deaths were reported.


Des inondations meurtrières


Des dizaines de milliers d'Indonésiens n'étaient toujours pas rentrés chez eux samedi 4 janvier, suite aux inondations qui ont frappé la région de Jakarta, faisant 60 morts, selon les autorités.
Les pires pluies de mousson depuis plus d'une décennie ont inondé Jakarta cette semaine et la montée des rivières a submergé au moins 182 quartiers tandis que des glissements de terrain à la périphérie de la ville ont enseveli au moins une douzaine de personnes. Plus de 170.000 personnes ont été déplacées par les inondations, les plus importantes depuis plusieurs années, qui ont semé le chaos et des pannes de courant dans certaines parties de la plus grande ville d'Asie du Sud-Est. La plupart des personnes décédées lors de ces inondations se sont noyées, ont été ensevelies lors des glissements de terrain ou ont souffert d'hypothermie.


Les pluies torrentielles ont provoqué des inondations et des glissements de terrain soudains dans les régions de Jakarta et de Lebak, situées au sud-ouest de l'île de Java, à environ 100 kilomètres de la capitale. Les conditions de vie des réfugiés deviennent difficiles, en particulier en raison du manque d'eau et de nourriture qui commence à se faire sentir.
Selon le Ministère de la Santé, onze mille soldats et secouristes ont été déployés pour distribuer des médicaments, des kits de désinfection afin d'éviter la propagation d'hépatite A ou de flambées de dengue notamment.
La catastrophe est la pire inondation à Jakarta depuis 2013 qui avait fait 47 morts.


Walid


Source :
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jan/04/death-toll-rises-in-indonesias-sinking-capital-as-flood-defences-struggle


https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/indonesia-floods-landslide-jakarta-death-toll-a9270236.html

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