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Global Projects Aim to Save Sinking Cities From Rising Seas and Climate Change
From Jakarta to Virginia, cities are adopting innovative ways to fight land sinking — from China’s sponge city initiative to the U.S. SWIFT program and European wet farming — offering real hope that urban landscapes can rise again and restore natural balance.
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NASA Posts Before And After Pics Of New City Emerging In Forest
More than 30 million people live in existing capital Jakarta that suffers from frequent flooding, air pollution, a shortage of drinking water, and traffic.
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Indonesia Registers Record 21,000 Covid Cases In A Day
Indonesia set a new record for daily coronavirus cases on Sunday with more than 21,000, as hospitals are flooded with patients in Jakarta and other COVID-19 hotspots across Southeast Asia's hardest-hit nation.
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Flood-hit Jakarta Residents Sue Governor Over Damage, Slow Rescue
Jakarta's governor has been hit with a lawsuit filed by residents of the sprawling city after torrential rain sparked floods and landslides that killed dozens and left thousands homeless.
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60 Dead, Over 1 Lakh Displaced In Indonesia Floods
Indonesian rescue teams flew helicopters stuffed with food to remote flood-hit communities on Saturday as the death toll from the disaster jumped to 60 and fears grew about the possibility of more torrential rain.
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Asiad Swimmer Sajan Prakash Relieved, Family Found in Flood-Hit Kerala
Swimmer Sajan Prakash has been to hell and back at the Asian Games, competing in Jakarta while family members went missing in severe flooding in Kerala.
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New Jakarta Airport Terminal Flooded Just Days After Opening
The operator of the Indonesian capital's main airport has apologized to passengers for flooding at its brand new terminal after rains overcame drainage pipes and inundated the arrivals area on Sunday.
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Now, Twitter as a Flood Rescue Tool
Spontaneous tweets about major floods are being turned into a mapping tool that could be used by emergency services and disaster response teams to save lives and provide aid, Dutch researchers said.
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'Great Wall of Jakarta' Plan to Combat Floods
Jakarta has launched a multi-billion-dollar scheme to build a huge sea wall to combat flooding as the Indonesian capital sinks, but there is scepticism about its chances of success in a country with a history of corruption and failed mega-projects.
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Eight killed in Indonesian floods
At least eight people were killed and over 60,000 others fled to escape the catastrophe caused by floods in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, an official said on Monday.
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30,000 displaced by deadly floods in Indonesian capital
More than 30,000 Indonesians have fled their homes in the capital due to flooding that has left five dead, officials said on Sunday
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Flood displaces 18,000 in Indonesia
Around 18,000 people in western Indonesia have had to leave their homes after two rivers burst their banks and flooded thousands of houses, an official said on Monday.
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Six killed, 11 missing in Indonesian landslide: official
Six people were killed and 11 were missing on Monday after they were buried in a landslide caused by heavy rain on Indonesia's Java island, a disaster official said.
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Indonesian authorities battle floods in capital
Authorities were working on Friday to repair a dike that collapsed amid floods that swamped the Indonesian capital as the waters gradually receded from the main streets of the teeming city.But more monsoon rains were expected over Jakarta later on Friday and then into Saturday, raising the prospect of fresh flooding, said Fadli, an official at the ...
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Floods paralyse Indonesian capital, heavy rains continue
Heavy monsoonal rains triggered severe flooding in large swathes of the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Thursday, with many government offices and businesses forced to closed because staff could not get to work.
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Global Projects Aim to Save Sinking Cities From Rising Seas and Climate Change
From Jakarta to Virginia, cities are adopting innovative ways to fight land sinking — from China’s sponge city initiative to the U.S. SWIFT program and European wet farming — offering real hope that urban landscapes can rise again and restore natural balance.
-
NASA Posts Before And After Pics Of New City Emerging In Forest
More than 30 million people live in existing capital Jakarta that suffers from frequent flooding, air pollution, a shortage of drinking water, and traffic.
-
Indonesia Registers Record 21,000 Covid Cases In A Day
Indonesia set a new record for daily coronavirus cases on Sunday with more than 21,000, as hospitals are flooded with patients in Jakarta and other COVID-19 hotspots across Southeast Asia's hardest-hit nation.
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Flood-hit Jakarta Residents Sue Governor Over Damage, Slow Rescue
Jakarta's governor has been hit with a lawsuit filed by residents of the sprawling city after torrential rain sparked floods and landslides that killed dozens and left thousands homeless.
-
60 Dead, Over 1 Lakh Displaced In Indonesia Floods
Indonesian rescue teams flew helicopters stuffed with food to remote flood-hit communities on Saturday as the death toll from the disaster jumped to 60 and fears grew about the possibility of more torrential rain.
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Asiad Swimmer Sajan Prakash Relieved, Family Found in Flood-Hit Kerala
Swimmer Sajan Prakash has been to hell and back at the Asian Games, competing in Jakarta while family members went missing in severe flooding in Kerala.
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New Jakarta Airport Terminal Flooded Just Days After Opening
The operator of the Indonesian capital's main airport has apologized to passengers for flooding at its brand new terminal after rains overcame drainage pipes and inundated the arrivals area on Sunday.
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Now, Twitter as a Flood Rescue Tool
Spontaneous tweets about major floods are being turned into a mapping tool that could be used by emergency services and disaster response teams to save lives and provide aid, Dutch researchers said.
-
'Great Wall of Jakarta' Plan to Combat Floods
Jakarta has launched a multi-billion-dollar scheme to build a huge sea wall to combat flooding as the Indonesian capital sinks, but there is scepticism about its chances of success in a country with a history of corruption and failed mega-projects.
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Eight killed in Indonesian floods
At least eight people were killed and over 60,000 others fled to escape the catastrophe caused by floods in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, an official said on Monday.
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30,000 displaced by deadly floods in Indonesian capital
More than 30,000 Indonesians have fled their homes in the capital due to flooding that has left five dead, officials said on Sunday
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Flood displaces 18,000 in Indonesia
Around 18,000 people in western Indonesia have had to leave their homes after two rivers burst their banks and flooded thousands of houses, an official said on Monday.
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Six killed, 11 missing in Indonesian landslide: official
Six people were killed and 11 were missing on Monday after they were buried in a landslide caused by heavy rain on Indonesia's Java island, a disaster official said.
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Indonesian authorities battle floods in capital
Authorities were working on Friday to repair a dike that collapsed amid floods that swamped the Indonesian capital as the waters gradually receded from the main streets of the teeming city.But more monsoon rains were expected over Jakarta later on Friday and then into Saturday, raising the prospect of fresh flooding, said Fadli, an official at the ...
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Floods paralyse Indonesian capital, heavy rains continue
Heavy monsoonal rains triggered severe flooding in large swathes of the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Thursday, with many government offices and businesses forced to closed because staff could not get to work.
