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VIDEO: Jakarta floods prompt huge claims
2013-01-21 04:57:35| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The insurance industry is expecting many claims for compensation after last week's floods in Jakarta, which prompted Indonesia to declare an emergency.
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Indonesia: Children at risk as Jakarta floods aid workers
2013-01-18 19:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlertNet: Aid workers responding to floods that have swamped the Indonesian capital Jakarta fear an outbreak of disease, especially among children playing in dirty floodwaters. At least 12 people have been killed and more than 18,000 forced to flee their homes by the floods, which began on Wednesday following torrential rains. Overall, some 250,000 people have been affected across the sprawling city, according to Save the Children. But there are warnings the rains could worsen in the coming days. Water...
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Floods ease in Indonesian capital, thousands left homeless
2013-01-18 08:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Severe floods in Jakarta eased on Friday, a day after unusually heavy monsoon rains swamped parts of the Indonesian capital in waist-deep water and left more than 18,000 people homeless. However, authorities warned of more rain and disruptions in the city of about 10 million people after Thursday's floods killed six people and turned Jakarta's main thoroughfare into a stream of red mud. Other main roads were still full of water and choked with traffic on Friday as commuters struggled to return...
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VIDEO: Indonesian capital hit by floods
2013-01-17 11:06:24| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Flooding caused by days of heavy rain has hit parts of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, forcing businesses to close and blocking roads.
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Jakarta floods as monsoon soaks Indonesia
2013-01-17 07:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Heavy monsoonal rains have triggered severe flooding across the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, with many government offices and businesses forced to closed because staff could not get to work. Authorities said four people were killed and 20,000 had to evacuate. Weather officials warned the rains could get worse over the next few days and media reports said that thousands of people in Jakarta and its satellite cities had been forced to leave their homes because of the torrential downpours this week....
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