REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The number of flood casualties in Jakarta increased to 23 people, according to the data of Jakarta Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD).
"The death toll last week was 13 people and now increases to 23," said Head of Information and Disaster Management Division of the Jakarta BPBD Bambang Surya here, Sunday.
According to the data, the floods killed at least 11 people in East Jakarta, five in North Jakarta, three in Central Jakarta, three in West Jakarta, and one in South Jakarta.
Bambang said the flood victims had died because of among other things drowning, swept away by flood, electric shock and illness.
One of the casualties was a five-year-old toddler who had slipped into a water ditch in Duri Kosambi village of West Jakarta.
"We have urged the flood victims to be careful, particularly if there are broken electricity wires," Bambang said.
The BPBD said flood condition in Jakarta has receded in the second week.
The data noted there are 38,079 flood refugees who are being accommodated in 150 evacuation shelters in Jakarta.
The flood has receded as rain intensity has decreased after the Jakarta Regional Administration, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) and the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) modified weather in the area.
Several flood victims have come back to their homes to clean the houses from mud and waste.
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