Portal:Indonesia/POTW/16, 2007



Between 2–12 February, 2007, Jakarta experienced a major flood disaster. In total, 54 people were killed and the event paralyzed the metropolitan city with the estimated USD 400 million damages. The picture shows a taxi submerged into a flooded water while a horse carriage tried to escape away.

Photo credit: Gajah Mada (a Flickr user).