Terrible traffic to last into late evening

Hectic traffic conditions in Jakarta, following three hours of heavy rains, will likely last well into Monday evening, a Jakarta Police Traffic Management Center officer says.

First Insp. Kasno told tempointeraktif.com that the traffic would begin to ease between 10 and 11 p.m., considering the massive queues of vehicles heading toward Depok, Bekasi and Tangerang.

The police said the worst traffic snarls were on Jl. Thamrin and Jl. Sudirman, the Senayan traffic circle, Jl. Latuharhari, Palmerah junction, Jl. Rasuna Said, Jl. Senopati, Blok O and Dharmawangsa.

The heavy rains caused a number of rivers in Jakarta to flood, inundating several major streets and felling a number of trees, bringing rush hour traffic to a standstill.