Workers collect trash during a clean-up after flood in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Sunday (Jan 5). Landslides and floods triggered by torrential downpours have left dozens of people dead in and around Indonesia's capital, as rescuers struggled to search for people apparently buried under tons of mud, officials said. - AP
JAKARTA: Soldiers and health workers sprayed Indonesia's capital with disinfectant on Sunday (Jan 5) to fend off possible diseases spread by massive flooding that has killed 60 people and affected hundreds of thousands.
Monsoon rains and rising rivers submerged a dozen districts in the greater Jakarta area starting Wednesday after extreme torrential rains hit on New Year's Eve, causing landslides in hilly areas on the outskirts of the capital that buried scores of people.
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