Indonesia is another country, along with Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and unusually England, that has suffered from severe flooding throughout the whole of January 2014.
The flooding in Jakarta made headlines in many of the the regions newspapers. But there has also been flooding across Java, as well as Sumatra, Sulawesi, and Kalimantan Islands. The worst affected areas include Mindano, Minahasa, Tomohon, Kudus and Indramayu and the capital Jakarta.
Most recently affected has been the district of Kudus in central Java, where heavy rain since Friday 17 January has caused floods and landslides that have left 13 people dead. As many as 4,000 people had to evacuate their homes to take shelter in 20 relief centres. Five rivers in the region have overflowed, flooding surrounding villages, leaving some areas of Kudus under 1.5 metres of flood water.
As much as 131 mm of rain fell in 24 hours in Semarang in central Java on 22 January 2014. Further heavy rainfall is expected over the next few days, particularly for the island of Java.
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Sources: CNTV; Jakarta Post; Antara News
