Much of this capital city was under water Tuesday after torrential rains, overflowing rivers and clogged sewers brought widespread flooding over the weekend. Authorities warned of the possible spread of illness through the contaminated water.
At least 29 people were reported to have died from drowning, electrocution or disease. An estimated 340,000 people were driven from their homes and hundreds of thousands remained without electricity or clean water in the worst flooding in Jakarta in years.
The skies cleared on Monday, but meteorologists said more rain was possible in the days ahead, along with renewed flooding if rivers burst their banks again.
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