Many areas still inundated

Many areas still inundated

JAKARTA (JP): Many people evacuated from floods in Kramat
Jati, East Jakarta, have not yet returned as 11 neighborhood
units (RT) were still inundated yesterday.

Subdistrict head Daeng Hubin Umar said he did not know how
many residents had returned to their homes.

Tuesday's floods forced 1,600 people from 450 Kramat Jati
families to leave their homes.

Daeng said water levels had been fluctuating since Tuesday
afternoon.

"From 4:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. water levels dropped to between
30 cm and 50 cm on the street, and to 20 cm in houses. However,
water levels rose at 9:30 a.m. to between 60 cm and 80 cm on the
street," Daeng said.

Water levels reached 80 cm on Tuesday.

Daeng complained about the lack of food for the flood victims
who have taken refugee in a nearby mosque.

"We've received a few packs of noodles from the mayoralty
social affairs office. We need more food for them," Daeng said.
(ste/sur)