Indonesia’s Low-Lying Capital Flooded for Second Time This Year

Indonesia’s Low-Lying Capital Flooded for Second Time This Year
People ride motorcycles along a flooded street in Bekasi, near Jakarta, Indonesia, on Feb. 25, 2020. Antara Foto/Fahkri Hermansyah/ via Reuters
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Torrential rain flooded Indonesia’s overpopulated capital on Feb. 25 for the second time this year, paralyzing wide areas and prompting rescue workers to evacuate people by boat from murky, brown waterways.

Jakarta was hit by some of the heaviest rain since records began at the beginning of the year, causing floods that killed more than 60 people and displaced about 175,000. Several other minor floods have hit different parts of the city since.