Jakarta Is Raining Hard, Parts Of The Road Are Inundated

Illustration / Katulampa Weir (Public Relations of BNPB)

JAKARTA - Tonight, some areas in DKI Jakarta were showered with heavy rain. There are a number of roads that were inundated.

Based on observations on the @TMCPoldaMetro Twitter account, there was a puddle of water on Jalan Jenderal Sudirman, next to Polda Metro Jaya heading to Senayan Roundabout, South Jakarta at 19.56 WIB and resulted in a puddle of water.

At 19.35 WIB, puddles were also seen on Jalan Galunggung, Setia Budi, South Jakarta, to be precise in the tunnel under Jalan Jenderal Sudirman. The vehicle did not dare to pass because the flood in the tunnel area reached more than 20 cm.

In addition, inundation also occurred at 19.46 WIB on Jalan Karet Pasar Baru Timur 1, Tanah Abang, South Jakarta.

Shortly before, the Bogor City Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) reported rain pouring down parts of Bogor from 17.00 WIB to 18.18 WIB. As a result, the Katulampa Dam, Bogor, West Java was on alert or on alert 1 at 18.18 WIB.

"The BPBD of Bogor City reported that there was an increase in the Water Level Level (TMA) of the Ciliwung-Katulampa Dam to 250 centimeters, so the status was raised to 1 alert," said Head of BNPB's Head of Disaster Datinkom Raditya Jati.

19.56 Puddle of water on Jl Jenderal Sudirman next to Polda Metro Jaya towards the Senayan Roundabout. pic.twitter.com/5wvxjHRBRU

- TMC Polda Metro Jaya (@TMCPoldaMetro) September 21, 2020

The chronology, until 17.00 WIB, the water level is still at 0 cm with a standby status of 4 or normal. Light drizzle until rain gradually fell to 18.18 WIB with a water level reaching 250 cm.

Raditya said, based on the chronological data above, the increase in water level from Alert 4 to Alert 1 occurred in just one hour.

"This was triggered by the high intensity of rain in most parts of Bogor," he said.