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Jakarta floods as monsoon soaks Indonesia
2013-01-17 07:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Heavy monsoonal rains have triggered severe flooding across the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, with many government offices and businesses forced to closed because staff could not get to work. Authorities said four people were killed and 20,000 had to evacuate. Weather officials warned the rains could get worse over the next few days and media reports said that thousands of people in Jakarta and its satellite cities had been forced to leave their homes because of the torrential downpours this week....
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