Heavy rains evenly all Jakarta and surrounding areas. Floods surround Jakarta

Heavy rains evenly all Jakarta and surrounding areas. Floods surround Jakarta



Head of Data Information and Public Relations, National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said that the water level at Manggarai sluice in the Standby position I. At 07.30 pm, at the height of the water has reached the upper limit, ie 970 centimeters.

"Heavy rains evenly all Jakarta and surrounding areas. Floods surround Jakarta," he said in a release , Thursday (17/01/2013).

These records BNPB the water level and the status of the other rivers on this day at 07.30 pm: Angke River Upstream 115 centimeters (Standby IV), River Houses 115 centimeters (Standby IV), Upper River Krukut 140 centimeters (Standby IV), Weir Katulampa 100 centimeters (Standby III), Depok floodgates 225 centimeters (Standby III), Cipinang River Upstream 130 centimeters (Standby IV); Sunter River Upstream of 80 centimeters (Standby IV), River Rubber 720 centimeters (Alert 1), Pulogadung 595 centimeters (standby III), Fish Market 175 centimeters (standby III).

Sutopo said BMKG reported that there is a meeting place or a convergence in the west Java so evenly torrential rains in Jakarta and West Java. Currently there are a collection of clouds that will enter the Jakarta area so the rain will still last until around 11:00 pm.


Heavy rain which flushed the city since last night making activities Capital on Thursday (17/01/2013) morning faltered. The traffic flow in the city was paralyzed by delays in the vehicle who want to exit the highway.

toll roads in the city from the direction toward the Brass Pancoran not move at all. The line of vehicles about to come out in the line up to the toll booth Mampang Pancoran Tugu. As a result of this line, the vehicles going to the Semanggi, Slipi, Grogol also forced to hold.

Meanwhile, the flow of highway traffic outside the city, precisely on Jalan Gatot Subroto Jewel of the monument is also solid brass edging towards. Looked at the thousands of vehicles there is an ambulance siren that kept turning to ask the drivers. However, ambulances were seen only contain nurse and ambulance driver was unable to do much because the vehicle in front can not move.

Meanwhile, the driver of the motorcycle can not wait to jam that happens, choose to enter into a toll road. Is not known for sure whether this segment was able to enter the motorcycle or not, but clearly there are some motorcycles that pass freely between the center line of vehicles waiting at the toll. While sebaliknyam current look looks deserted. At this time, the rain had eased back tang was swift and flushed bikers.


Public transportation mainstay Jakarta residents, Transjakarta, temporarily not operating on all corridors. It is caused by standing water in almost every segment of the road by Transjakarta.

"For a while, all the buses do not operate in all corridors. There are some streets in each corridor in the stagnant water that can not be traversed by a bus," said Head of Public Service Transjakarta Muhammad Akbar  when contacted on Thursday (17 / 1/2013).

He continued, I TransJakarta corridor toward Blok M-Kota blocked puddles in Thamrin, corridor II direction Pulogadung-Harmoni blocked puddle in Pulo Mas and some other roads. The corridor-III direction Kalideres New Market is a corridor that experienced the most severe floods, which in Daan, Revenue and Crocodile Swamp.

Corridor IV direction Pulogadung Top-Duku, said Akbar, unobstructed flooding in Matraman and Manggarai. Corridor V direction Kampung Melayu-Ancol hampered puddles on Pedongkelan Ancol and around Kampung Malay Transjakarta impassable. Corridor VI directions Duku Top-Ragunan blocked Ragunan puddle so that vehicles can not pass on the road.

Corridor VII directions Kampung Melayu-Kampung Rambutan waterlogged roads along Otista Kampung Melayu. The corridor VIII direction Lebak Bulus-Harmoni impassable Transjakarta as well as through the streets of the observed flood Daan.

Akbar went on, corridor IX direction Pinang Ranti-Pluit impassable due to standing water Grogol almost 80 centimeters in height. Corridor X direction Tanjung Priok-Cililitan impassable due to standing water in Plumpang and Kebon Nanas. Finally, the corridor XI towards Kampung Melayu in East Jakarta Mayor-could not operate due to standing water on the road Otista.

Akbar said the Transjakarta not know how long they are not operating fleet. Transjakarta will resume operation when road sections in the stagnant water had receded and drivable bus.


West Jakarta is the region most devastated by flooding in the past two days. Until Thursday (17/1) this morning, according to the Jakarta Police, as submitted by the Deputy Director of the Jakarta Police Traffic Assistant Commissioner Wahyono, in West Jakarta floods there are 22 locations.

What are flood in West Jakarta on Jalan Daan front Samsat West Jakarta (60 cm), Daan Road near Indosiar (20 cm), Jalan S Parman in front of Citra Land Grogol direction (100 cm), Jalan Tubagus Angke Bridge direction 2 (40 cm), near Mc Donald Long Road towards Green Garden (40 cm), Toll Road Puri Puri Kembangan Ring Road (40 cm), near Ring Road Pospol Cengkareng (120 cm), Street Kingdom Season City Satria Grogol direction (25 cm), Jalan S Parman in front of Trisakti (70 cm), Jalan Kyai Tapa in front Sources Sane (30 cm), in front of Central Park (20 cm), in front of the pump Pom Hanging Bridge (30 cm), Angke (30 cm), Kembangan Cengkareng direction (50 cm), Yadika Joglo (30 cm), Joglo Post Pengumben direction (30 cm), Out Ramp Kamal direction of Carrefour (40 cm), Arjuna South / North DPN Esa Unggul (60 cm), Villa Kelapa Dua Pengumben (30 cm), Meruya Joglo direction (40 cm), Five Bridges Partners Market direction (25 cm), and Tambora Commerce Zone (50 cm).

While in South Jakarta are flooded locations in Jalan H Abd Safii Tevet (60 cm). In North Jakarta Jalan Kramat Jaya there, in front of the Islamic Centre (height 60 cm). In central Jakarta there is a way forward Benhil RS. Mintoharjo, and East Jakarta located on Jalan Jatinegara Polrestro Jaktim West direction (20 cm), and the road ahead Otista Kingdom Aspol Bidara China.

In Tangerang, floods are Jalan KH Hasyim Ashari in front Perum Cileduk Beautiful (50 cm), and in front of gas stations and retail outlets Swadarman Cileduk oblique (20 cm).