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Uprooted trees in South Jakarta damage car, electricity cables
Rainfall and heavy winds on Wednesday felled several trees in Jakarta, one of which hit a car belonging to SMA Muhammadiyah state high school in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta.
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A tree fell onto a car in the parking lot of SMA Muhammadiyah high school on Jl. Limau in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, on Dec. 12. (kompas.com/Nibras Nada Nailufar )
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ainfall and heavy winds on Wednesday felled several trees in Jakarta, one of which hit a car belonging to SMA Muhammadiyah senior high school in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta.
“The tree hit a four-wheeled vehicle parked at the school,” South Jakarta Forestry Agency official M. Yuswardi said on Wednesday as quoted by kompas.com.
He said the agency was currently trying to remove the banyan tree, which measures 95 centimeters in diameter.
Another tree on Jl. Saidi II in Cipete Utara fell on electricity cables, he added.
According to data from the Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD), four more trees were uprooted in South Jakarta on Wednesday.
The first fell in front of Kota Kasablanka shopping mall at 1.15 p.m. and caused a traffic jam in the area.
At 1:30 p.m., a tree fell on Jl. Kalibata Selatan, Pancoran. Not far from there, on Jl. Pertani IV, another tree fell and hit overhead electric cables at 1:53 p.m.
Meanwhile, vehicles were unable to pass Jl. Kapten Tendean in Mampang Prapatan because of a toppled tree near a turning around point.
The Jakarta Forestry Agency has trimmed 57,229 trees to prevent them from falling in the rainy season.
“We trimmed the upper section of the trees,” the agency’s acting head Susi Marsitawati said on Tuesday, adding that 187 trees had toppled and 191 trees had been damaged in the past two weeks. (ami)
