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Tidal wave damages houses in Marunda, residents flee
JAKARTA: A large tidal wave damaged 37 houses in Marunda and Kalibaru, North Jakarta, on Monday forcing residents to flee their houses
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JAKARTA: A large tidal wave damaged 37 houses in Marunda and Kalibaru, North Jakarta, on Monday forcing residents to flee their houses.
After January's tidal wave that damaged 77 houses in the same area, the water forced families to take refuge at nearby Marunda Apartments. Some 700 families are currently living there.
"We are used to tidal waves from way back," a resident, Ratmini, told beritajakarta.com.
"However, this time it was quite big and damaged our houses. Usually, we only experience flooding from the tides."
Another resident, Yadi, said there used to be a swamp near the beach to accommodate the raising sea level. Marunda Apartments are where the swamp was located.
Marunda subdistrict head Imawan Wahyudi said the North Jakarta administration should construct a five-kilometer embankment in Marunda as the current one had been eroded.
"The 1.5-meter-tall embankment is now only 50 centimeters due to the wave crushing it," he said. -JP
