Residents hold a lead rope as they wade through a flooded neighbourhood in Tanggerang outside Jakarta, on January 2, 2020. Photo: AP Residents hold a lead rope as they wade through a flooded neighbourhood in Tanggerang outside Jakarta, on January 2, 2020. Photo: AP
Residents hold a lead rope as they wade through a flooded neighbourhood in Tanggerang outside Jakarta, on January 2, 2020. Photo: AP
Indonesia
Asia /  Southeast Asia

At least 29 dead in Jakarta, thousands flee in Indonesian capital’s worst deluge since 2013

  • Torrential rains forced closure of an airport and tens of thousands of people to flee their homes
  • Among the victims was an elderly couple trapped inside their house and a teenage boy electrocuted by a power line

Topic |   Indonesia
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Updated: 9:32pm, 2 Jan, 2020

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Residents hold a lead rope as they wade through a flooded neighbourhood in Tanggerang outside Jakarta, on January 2, 2020. Photo: AP Residents hold a lead rope as they wade through a flooded neighbourhood in Tanggerang outside Jakarta, on January 2, 2020. Photo: AP
Residents hold a lead rope as they wade through a flooded neighbourhood in Tanggerang outside Jakarta, on January 2, 2020. Photo: AP
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