February 3rd, 2007, 17:09
Flood victims badly need food, clean water
JAKARTA (JP): Poor emergency transportation vehicles have restricted food distribution to a number of flood hit areas in Jakarta.
Elshinta radio station reported that at least flood victims in Bintaro, Ciledug, Kelapa Gading were still waiting for food aid from authorities, but poor transportation vehicles had given difficulty for the search and rescue (SAR) team to reach them.
Flood victims also badly needed clean water for their daily usage as tap water was cut off in the flood affected areas.
Some people had to flee their flooded houses to their relatives houses or offices only to take bath.(***)
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Five killed in Jakarta floods
JAKARTA (Antara): Floods that hit Jakarta following two days of torrential rains have claimed five lives and forced the evacuation of thousands of people to safer grounds, a spokesman said.
Three of the deaths were found in Jakarta and two in Bekasi, spokesman of the National Coordination Board (Bakornas)'s command post, Sunardi said on Saturday.
The floods hit 56 subdistricts, consisting of 33 in Jakarta, 16 in Bekasi and seven in Tangerang.
Until Friday night, a total of 106,095 people fled their homes to safer grounds, he said.
The floods inundated tens of thousands of houses, not to mention office buildings, school buildings, hospitals and places of worship.
"We have yet to count offices, school buildings and hospitals inundated by the floods because we are still focusing on evacuating flood victims," he said.
The area of places inundated by flood was so vast that many flood victims had not yet been evacuated, he said. (***)
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Newd recieved from Tha Jarkarta Post Febr 02, 2007
JAKARTA (JP): Poor emergency transportation vehicles have restricted food distribution to a number of flood hit areas in Jakarta.
Elshinta radio station reported that at least flood victims in Bintaro, Ciledug, Kelapa Gading were still waiting for food aid from authorities, but poor transportation vehicles had given difficulty for the search and rescue (SAR) team to reach them.
Flood victims also badly needed clean water for their daily usage as tap water was cut off in the flood affected areas.
Some people had to flee their flooded houses to their relatives houses or offices only to take bath.(***)
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Five killed in Jakarta floods
JAKARTA (Antara): Floods that hit Jakarta following two days of torrential rains have claimed five lives and forced the evacuation of thousands of people to safer grounds, a spokesman said.
Three of the deaths were found in Jakarta and two in Bekasi, spokesman of the National Coordination Board (Bakornas)'s command post, Sunardi said on Saturday.
The floods hit 56 subdistricts, consisting of 33 in Jakarta, 16 in Bekasi and seven in Tangerang.
Until Friday night, a total of 106,095 people fled their homes to safer grounds, he said.
The floods inundated tens of thousands of houses, not to mention office buildings, school buildings, hospitals and places of worship.
"We have yet to count offices, school buildings and hospitals inundated by the floods because we are still focusing on evacuating flood victims," he said.
The area of places inundated by flood was so vast that many flood victims had not yet been evacuated, he said. (***)
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Newd recieved from Tha Jarkarta Post Febr 02, 2007