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Parts of Indonesian capital and its suburbs were flooded after two tropical cyclones off the nation’s coast triggered extremely heavy rainfall, inundating houses in low-lying areas and forcing evacuation of hundreds of residents.
More than 200 spots of flooding were reported in Jakarta and the satellite cities of Bekasi and Tangerang with the water level in Ciliwung river that runs through the capital rising to dangerous level, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency.
Heavy rainfall may continue to lash the greater Jakarta area under the influence of tropical cyclone Esther in the Gulf of Carpentaria and Ferdinand in the Indian Ocean, the Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysics Agency said on Twitter.
State-owned electricity company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara said more than 1,600 electrical substations in the flooded areas were shut down temporarily for safety.
At least 60 people were killed and thousands were forced to flee homes early this year in the deadliest flooding to hit Jakarta in more than a decade. President Joko Widodo has ordered the relocation of capital to Borneo island as the Jakarta metropolitan area, home to 30 million people, is regularly flooded.