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Rain expected throughout city until Sunday
Jakartans will need to prepare for traffic congestion and floods over the next three mornings as the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has warned of rain in Greater Jakarta that will most likely occur at dawn
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akartans will need to prepare for traffic congestion andfloods over the next three mornings as the Meteorology, Climatology andGeophysics Agency (BMKG) has warned of rain in Greater Jakarta that will mostlikely occur at dawn.
The BMKG has also forecast that moderate rain will fall throughout the capital on Saturday.
On Thursday, several parts of the city endured traffic jams and inundations. The water levels in front of Mangga Dua shopping center and on Jl. Gunung Sahari in North Jakarta, reached 20 to 40 centimeters. Run-off from rain that fell in Bogor, West Jakarta, also displaced over a thousand residents in Kampung Melayu, Jatinegara, East Jakarta.
Jatinegara district head Syofian said Kampung Melayu and Bidara Cina subdistricts had been flooded by 150 cm of water during the past four days.
