Kampung Pulo Flood 2 Meters

Headline - Heavy rains that began Monday, March 4, 2013 afternoon until the evening in the area of ​​water supply in Bogor making sluice Katulampa higher. In effect, hundreds of homes located on the banks of the Ciliwung River, precisely in Kampung Pulo, Jatinegara, East Jakarta, submerged.


Water from the overflowing Ciliwung River home residents to a height of two meters. Some residents have started to flee.

"So the water went into the house at 02.00 pm local people. Highest depth of two meters, the low 30 cm near the hospital Hermina," said Chairman of RW 01 Kampung Pulo, Aris, to VIVAnews, Tuesday, March 5, 2013.

Five RT in RW 01 was flooded with the same depth. According to him, the two-story house residents who did not evacuate or more. Residents who were displaced only partially, it goes without second floor of his house.

This area is flooded. In fact, when the heavy rains that water the Bogor and Jakarta in mid January, the area was flooded with a height of 4-5 meters, and almost all the residents to flee. The main access road in Kampung Melayu also was covered with flood water Ciliwung.

"Yeah, hopefully we pray that unlike last January," said Aris.

Sources: http://metro.news.viva.co.id/news/read/395115