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Cars left behind by owners in flooded Kemang
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Kemang floods: Cars in the Kemang area in South Jakarta are left behind by owners after flood inundated their vehicles on Saturday evening after heavy rain. (tribunnews.com/-)
Car owners left behind their vehicles in buildings affected by floods in Kemang, South Jakarta, on Saturday afternoon.
Soleh, a parking attendant at a Kemang building said on Sunday morning that three cars and 10 motorcycles were still in the building’s basement because they could not get out of the flooded Jl. Kemang Raya.
“[From the] rain at 5 p.m. yesterday, the water kept rising. There was one driver who was almost trapped [in the floodwater], luckily he was able to save himself,” Soleh said as quoted by tribunnews.com.
Kemang is an area of cafes, bars and restaurants, that are usually packed every Saturday night.
Many visitors to the area on Saturday got their vehicles trapped and left them behind.
“I wanted to have dinner, my car could still pass the street but the water kept rising even though the rain had stopped. Later, the water reached the car’s doors and seeped inside, inundating it,” Hilla, a visitor, tribunnews.com quoted as saying.
On Saturday, several areas in South Jakarta were flooded during heavy rain that occurred for more than an hour on Saturday evening.
Affected were the surrounding areas of Gandaria City shopping mall, Kebayoran Lama, Pancasila University, Jl. Dharmawangsa, Jl. Antasari, Jl. Kemang Raya, Mampang Prapatan and Lenteng Agung.
The flood level was reportedly between 30 to 90 centimeters.
Social media account @nonnaeuiist tweeted that flooding in Poncol, Cilandak, South Gandaria in South Jakarta reached the chest of an adult. (wnd/evi)
