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Flooding in Jakarta, Indonesia - Climate Change

A rooster jumps over a small water channel in the slums of central Jakarta. Many of Jakarta's poorest residents live just inches above the waterline. In this community it only requires 2-3 hours of rain before flooding begins and evacuations have to take place.

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Contained in galleries: Jakarta - The Sinking City [2013]

A rooster jumps over a small water channel in the slums of central Jakarta. Many of Jakarta's poorest residents live just inches above the waterline. In this community it only requires 2-3 hours of rain before flooding begins and evacuations have to take place.