People waiting to get fresh water from a truck in their flood affected village in Bekasi, West Java on Saturday (Jan 4). Tens of thousands of Indonesians were still unable to return to their waterlogged homes after flooding hit the Jakarta capital region, killing at least 53 people, authorities said. - AFP
JAKARTA: Indonesian rescue teams flew helicopters stuffed with food to remote flood-hit communities on Saturday (Jan 4) as the death toll from the disaster jumped to 53 and fears grew about the possibility of more torrential rain.
More than hundred thousand in Jakarta were still unable to return to their waterlogged homes after some of the deadliest flooding in years hit the enormous capital region, home to about 30 million.
