A man sits on a bench in an area affected by floods in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Floods, heavy rain and power outages led people to evacuate their homes in parts of Indonesia's capital on Monday, with the conditions - worsened by the La Nina weather pattern - expected to continue until March or April.
More than 1,000 people in east and south Jakarta were evacuated after torrential rain overnight, local media reported, with households along the winding Ciliwung River among the worst affected by the floods.
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