REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, TANGERANG -- The floods that have hit Tangerang, Banten Province, since Sunday, have currently spread to wider areas as further downpours continue on Tuesday.
"Motorbikes can no longer ply on the flooded roads as the water levels have risen," Dwi Lestari, a Tangerang inhabitant, stated.
At least 400 houses in the Total Persada housing complex, Periuk, were flooded on Monday. The flooding has spread to Ciledug area and the Puri Beta housing complex in Karang Tengah area.
The Tangerang disaster mitigation office has deployed 300 personnel to help evacuate the flood victims, with the assistance of military and police personnel as well as the volunteers.
Meanwhile, several areas in Jakarta were flooded, following incessant rains on Monday.
"The municipalities of central, north, and west Jakarta have been hit the worst by the floods," Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, the spokesman for the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), stated on Monday.
Among the places affected by the floods in Central Jakarta were the Tanah Abang Railway Station, Jati Baru, and Petamburan; Jati Pinggir, JPO antara Roxy, and Latumenten were inundated in West Jakarta; and in North Jakarta, Teluk Gong, Kapuk, and Muara Angke were hit by the floodwaters.
Floods triggered by incessant rains since Sunday inundated Jakarta Kota Station, Tanah Abang Station, and several sections along the Sudirman-Tanah Abang line.
Electric trains that ply between Bogor/Depok and Jakarta Kota, and between Bogor/Depok and Jatinegara via Sudirman and Tanah Abang stations stopped at Manggarai Station in South Jakarta.
Due to the floods, electric trains that serve the Bekasi-Jakarta Kota route also stopped at Manggarai Station.
In addition, floodwaters at Tanah Abang Station forced electric train services from Maja, Parung Panjang, and Serpong stations to stop at Palmerah Station.
Railway tracks between Kampung Bandan and Kemayoran were also inundated.
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