INDONESIA - Massive floods hit 75% of Jakarta

February 4, 2007

Monday, 5 February 2007, 06:03 GMT

Massive floods hit 75% of Jakarta

The floods are said to be the worst in Jakarta for five yearsSome 75% of Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, is now affected by massive floods, local officials say.

The officials, from the city's flood information centre, say the death toll from the flooding has reached 25 - mostly by drowning or electrocution. Some 340,000 people have been made homeless, and the officials say there is little prospect of an early improvement in the situation. There are fears that polluted water could be spreading disease. " As of today [Monday], 75% of Jakarta remains flooded, " Anwar Arifin, from Jakarta's flood information centre, was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency.

Several days of torrential rain have caused rivers to burst their banks, sending muddy water up to 3m (10ft) deep into homes and businesses. Staff manning a key floodgate in the east of the capital said it had failed and the water flowing in had caused the main canal to burst its banks. Electricity and water supplies remain cut in large areas of the city, and major train lines and some roads have been closed. Hundreds of residents are still holding out on the second floor of their homes, either trapped or unwilling to move, the BBC's Rebecca Henschke in Jakarta says.

Residents have resorted to building makeshift rafts

Many of the homeless are sheltering in schools and mosques. Medical teams on rubber rafts are working in the worst affected areas of the city, while thousands of extra police have been deployed to help with evacuation efforts. There are fears about the spread of diseases - like diarrhoea and dysentery - among people who have been living without clean drinking water for days. The government is facing renewed criticism that it could have done more to prevent this disaster, our correspondent says. The floods are said to be the worst to hit Jakarta for five years. Meteorologists have warned the downpour is likely to continue for another week, and with heavy rains falling on hilly regions to the south, more flooding is threatened.

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Jorge Angelino <jorge.angelinoFeb 4, 2007 4:56 PMINDONESIA - Jakarta floods death toll rises

SAMVA

Sunday, 4 February 2007, 13:56 GMT

Jakarta floods death toll rises

Large swathes of Jakarta are under water

At least 20 people have been killed and 340,000 made homeless by massive floods that have swept through the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.

Three days of torrential rain have caused rivers to burst their banks, sending muddy water up to 3m (10ft) deep into homes and businesses. Authorities say the city of nine million people is now on its highest level of alert. The floods are said to be the worst to hit Jakarta for five years. Meteorologists have warned the downpour is likely to continue for another week, and with heavy rains falling on hilly regions to the south, more flooding is threatened. Power cuts Rising floodwaters have cut water supplies and communications to parts of the city and forced medical teams to use boats and helicopters to reach many of those left stranded. More than 670,000 people have been left without electricity.

Staff manning a key floodgate in the east of the capital said it had failed and the water flowing in had caused the main canal to burst its banks. Some main roads have been closed and patients in some hospitals moved to upper floors. The death toll attributed to the floods has continued to rise since the downpour began at the start of the month. " Twenty have died since the first day of flooding. Seven were dragged under by strong currents, nine were electrocuted and the others because of sickness, " I Ketut Untung Yoga Ana, a Jakarta police spokesman, told Reuters news agency. Many of the homeless are sheltering in schools and mosques, while others are refusing to leave their partially flooded homes. Melissa Whyte told the BBC that houses in her area, Cilandak, were " totally washed out and... flooded with up to three metres of water " . " After living here for 12 years I have never seen the floods as bad as this, " she said.

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Dear List Members,

As predicted yesterday, things are getting worse in Jakarta.

" As Indonesia will enter Mo/Sa/

Ve/Ve/Ve today at 17:29 GMT, Venus is L1 in D6 and D12, transit Venus is in H6 afflicted by natal Rahu, and natal Venus is being afflicted by transit Mars, probability exists of a great disaster in the country in the coming days. All attention is needed. "

Best wishes,

Jorge

February 5, 2007

Dear Sally,

You are right. Besides, natal Mars is afflicting transit Mars.

Aloha,

Jorge

On 2/5/07, Sally Spencer <sally234 wrote:

Dear Jorge,

natal Venus is being afflicted by transit Mars, probability exists of a great disaster in the country in the coming days. All attention is needed. "

Mars is also afflicting Rahu in the chart too So not only is the most malefic planet involved, it afflicts both the chart lord and the nodes, Rahu in particular for sudden disasters. It afflicts Saturn, the sixth lord too in days ahead. Mars hit transit Moon on the first. Lord of gains.Aloha, Sally Sally Spencer, Jyotish KovidA Gentle Journey to Deep Healing Ascension work, Vedic Astrology*,Western Astrology reports

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