JAKARTA (Reuters) - When part of a seawall protecting Jakarta collapsed last week near fisherman Awing Takalar's shack it brought back bad memories of when another levee burst in 2007 and all his belongings were washed away.
Fortunately, the tides have not been high, and residents in the exposed section of the Indonesian capital's northern shoreline have not been affected yet. But Takalar knows his luck could run out.
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