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12 February 2007 - Floods which have inundated at least three Indonesian provinces including the capital Jakarta for more than a week have claimed 85 lives, officials said on Sunday. Nearly half a million people are still unable to return to their homes. The death toll rose by five after more deaths in West Java, said an official at the national disaster agency.
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Images of Jakarta floods seen from the air.
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· At least 50 people left dead
· 40% of earlier flooded areas still inundated
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· 22-02-2007: HFH Indonesia to start house rehabilitation for Jakarta flood victims
· 16-02-2007: Situation report: Floods Jakarta, Bekasi, Tangerang and Banten
· 13-02-2007: Situation report: Floods Jakarta, Bekasi, Tangerang and Banten
· 12-02-2007: West-Java farmers struggle to survive
· 12-02-2007: Indonesia flood toll rises to 85
· 11-02-2007: Money on the way for flood victims in Java
10 February 2007 - Overnight rains caused more floods in some areas of Jakarta, compounding the misery of thousands who have been unable to return home for more than a week after the worst flooding to hit the city in recent memory. "My baby has gone off her food and is not sleeping," said Nasikin, a 40-year-old man who along with 500 others is living under a bridge in east Jakarta.
· 10-02-2007: Indonesia plans to disinfect flood-hit capital
· 09-02-2007: Situation report: Floods Jakarta, Bekasi, Tangerang and Banten
8 February 2007 - Residents working in waist-high mud salvaged family photos from washed-out neighborhoods as fresh rains Thursday triggered more flooding, compounding the misery for hundreds of thousands forced from their homes. A week after the Indonesian capital was struck by the worst floods in recent memory, waters had receded in many middle-class districts, but conditions remained grim in narrow riverside alleys where the city's poor live.
· 08-02-2007: Rains bring fresh floods to Jakarta
· 08-02-2007: Residents clear flood waste in Indonesia
· 07-02-2007: Jakarta flood victims face stinking garbage, mud
· 07-02-2007: Indonesia floods begin to recede amid disease risk
· 06-02-2007: More rain adds to misery in Indonesia's capital
· 06-02-2007: United Nations ready to assist flood-stricken Indonesia
5 February 2007 - Floods in the Indonesian capital have killed at least 20 people and made nearly 200,000 homeless, with the deluge of muddy brown water up to 4 metres deep in some areas, officials said on Sunday. Downpours over Jakarta weakened at the weekend, but heavy rain in upland areas sent more water into already swollen rivers criss-crossing the low-lying city.
· 05-02-2007: Floods hit some 75% of Jakarta, 25 killed
· 05-02-2007: High water level halts evacuation of flood victims
· 05-02-2007: Jakartans warned more rain on the way
· 05-02-2007: Situation report: Floods Jakarta, Bekasi, Tangerang and Banten
· 05-02-2007: Indonesia floods kill 20, nearly 200,000 homeless
· 03-02-2007: Indonesia floods leave 100,000 homeless
· 03-02-2007: Floods strike Jakarta, West Java, thousands stranded
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