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  • Container trucks are pictured stranded in flood waters on a road in west Jakarta January 18, 2013.
  • Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yodhoyono inspects a flooded presidential palace compound in Jakarta, January 17, 2013.
  • Workers cross a flooded street in the business district in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 17, 2013.
  • People walk on the Bundaran Hotel Indonesia roundabout during flooding in Jakarta, January 17, 2013.
  • People board a jeep on a flooded street, Jakarta, Indonesia, January 17, 2013. (VOA Indonesian Service)
  • Firefighters help people on a rubber boat in a flooded street, Jakarta, Indonesia, January 17, 2013.
  • An unusual empty Bundaran Hotel Indonesia traffic circle is seen during floods in central, Jakarta, Indonesia, January 17, 2013.
  • A car tries to drive through Jakarta's flooded streets, Indonesia, January 17, 2013. (VOA Indonesian Service)
  • Indonesian firefighters help people in a flooded street in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 17, 2013.
  • Children play in flood waters after torrential rains in Kampung Melayu, South Jakarta, Indonesia, January 17, 2013. (K. Lamb/VOA)
  • Residents of Kampung Melayu look at the flood waters on a bridge, South Jakarta, Indonesia, January 17, 2013. (K. Lamb/VOA)
  • People walk through Jakarta's flooded streets, Indonesia, January 17, 2013. (VOA Indonesian Service)
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Floods Cripple Indonesian Capital

Published January 17, 2013

Much of Jakarta is under waist-high water, after days of unusually heavy monsoon rains caused floods that forced thousands to seek shelter.