It’s not just Australia — Indonesia is facing its own climate disaster
It’s not just Australia that’s having a rough start to the new year.
Indonesia’s sinking capital of Jakarta and the surrounding areas have
been inundated with rain, triggering landslides and floods that have
killed dozens of people.
Indonesia’s sinking capital of Jakarta and the surrounding areas have
been inundated with rain, triggering landslides and floods that have
killed dozens of people.
As of Tuesday, the torrential downpours have left at least 67 people dead as rising waters deluged more than 180 neighborhoods and landslides buried at least a dozen Indonesians.
Search missions for survivors are still ongoing, and officials say the
death toll is expected to rise as more bodies are found.
Indonesia’s national meteorological agency said the rainfall on New
Year’s Day was the heaviest downpour in a 24-hour period since Dutch
colonists began record-keeping in the 1860s. Although floodwaters are
starting to subside, the Indonesian Red Cross Society warned people to
expect more severe rainfall in the coming days.