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At least 50 dead in 'mini tsunami' after dam bursts in JakartaSophie Tedmanson
A 10-foot high “mini tsunami” crashed through a neighbourhood in Jakarta, killing scores of people and leaving hundreds of homes submerged in the Indonesian capital after a dam wall burst in the early hours of Friday morning.
The wall of water tore through the crowded neighbourhood in Cirendeu, an industrial area on the outskirts of south Jakarta, killing at least 50 people, including four children.
An official said most of the dead had drowned in the flash flood, and the death toll was expected to rise as many people were sleeping when the disaster occurred and were unable to escape.
"Hundreds of houses are flooded, tens of houses damaged, it was like a small tsunami," Rustam Pakaya, an official at the health ministry, said.
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Another local official, Danang Susanto, said the dam burst at 2am local time (1900 Thursday GMT).
"But before that there was heavy rain and wind, many trees were uprooted. People were still sleeping and couldn't do anything," said Susanto.
Rescuers today waded through chest-deep water and used rubber rafts to search for survivors who may be trapped in their houses. A dozen people remain missing, while up to 20 people were reported to have been treated at nearby hospitals
In some places water levels reached roof tops and bodies were seen floating alongside chairs, clothing and other debris amid the murky brown water in the flooded neighbourhood. Telephone lines were toppled and some cars were swept hundreds of feet away.
Some residents living near the dam, which was used to retain water in Lake Situ Gintung in Tangerang District, southwest of Jakarta, were reported to have heard sirens before the water hit.
"It was just like a mini tsunami," said Minu, the oldest daughter of Seto Mulyadi, the head of the national commission for children's protection.
Her father said the water smashed all the windows and doors of the family home while his wife and four children were sleeping upstairs. They were woken by the sounds of a commotion outside and screaming people.
Minu said: "They were shouting: ‘the water's coming in, the water's coming in’, and our dogs were barking. I could hear a banging on the door, and I thought, who's there? But it turned out to be the water."
Mr Mulyadi said the flash flood destroyed his house: “My house is a dreadful mess ... Thank God my family is safe.”
Health Ministry Crisis Centre chief Rustam Pakaya said the decades-old dam completely destroyed some houses and inundated at least 400 others.
The 32-foot-high dam was holding back around 70 million cubic feet of water at the Pesanggrahan river. It was built up to a century ago, while Indonesia was still under Dutch colonial rule.
Authorities are still trying to determine the cause of the accident, although it is believed heavy rains caused the dam to first overflow and then, because the foundation was not made of concrete, to burst.
At least 50 dead in 'mini tsunami' after dam bursts in JakartaSophie Tedmanson
A 10-foot high “mini tsunami” crashed through a neighbourhood in Jakarta, killing scores of people and leaving hundreds of homes submerged in the Indonesian capital after a dam wall burst in the early hours of Friday morning.
The wall of water tore through the crowded neighbourhood in Cirendeu, an industrial area on the outskirts of south Jakarta, killing at least 50 people, including four children.
An official said most of the dead had drowned in the flash flood, and the death toll was expected to rise as many people were sleeping when the disaster occurred and were unable to escape.
"Hundreds of houses are flooded, tens of houses damaged, it was like a small tsunami," Rustam Pakaya, an official at the health ministry, said.
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Another local official, Danang Susanto, said the dam burst at 2am local time (1900 Thursday GMT).
"But before that there was heavy rain and wind, many trees were uprooted. People were still sleeping and couldn't do anything," said Susanto.
Rescuers today waded through chest-deep water and used rubber rafts to search for survivors who may be trapped in their houses. A dozen people remain missing, while up to 20 people were reported to have been treated at nearby hospitals
In some places water levels reached roof tops and bodies were seen floating alongside chairs, clothing and other debris amid the murky brown water in the flooded neighbourhood. Telephone lines were toppled and some cars were swept hundreds of feet away.
Some residents living near the dam, which was used to retain water in Lake Situ Gintung in Tangerang District, southwest of Jakarta, were reported to have heard sirens before the water hit.
"It was just like a mini tsunami," said Minu, the oldest daughter of Seto Mulyadi, the head of the national commission for children's protection.
Her father said the water smashed all the windows and doors of the family home while his wife and four children were sleeping upstairs. They were woken by the sounds of a commotion outside and screaming people.
Minu said: "They were shouting: ‘the water's coming in, the water's coming in’, and our dogs were barking. I could hear a banging on the door, and I thought, who's there? But it turned out to be the water."
Mr Mulyadi said the flash flood destroyed his house: “My house is a dreadful mess ... Thank God my family is safe.”
Health Ministry Crisis Centre chief Rustam Pakaya said the decades-old dam completely destroyed some houses and inundated at least 400 others.
The 32-foot-high dam was holding back around 70 million cubic feet of water at the Pesanggrahan river. It was built up to a century ago, while Indonesia was still under Dutch colonial rule.
Authorities are still trying to determine the cause of the accident, although it is believed heavy rains caused the dam to first overflow and then, because the foundation was not made of concrete, to burst.
