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.
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