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On circa 20:00 WIB, 3 December 2020, rain begin hitting parts of the city of Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. [4] No severe occurrences were recorded, until a levee [5] in Belawan River [6] and several other rivers like the Deli River and Denai River broke, [7] and waters started rushing, causing much of the flood. [5]
Floods have hit Jakarta several times in the past, including in 1621, 1654, 1918, 1942, 1976, 1996, 2002, 2007, 2013 and 2015. A significant contributing factor is that a substantial part of Jakarta is low-lying; some 24,000 ha (240 km 2) of the main part of Jakarta are below sea level. [6]
In 2020, floods severely affected South Asia due to heavy monsoon rains.The floods caused $105 billion USD of damage ($88.5 billion in India, [1] $15 billion in Sri Lanka, [2] and $1.5 billion in Pakistan [2]), making them the costliest floods in modern history, and the ninth costliest disaster of all time.
2020–2021 Malaysian floods is an event when several states in Malaysia were flooded in late 2020 and early 2021. Floods caused about tens of thousands of people to be evacuated to evacuation centers.
It has an area of 373.78 km 2 (144.32 sq mi) and had a population of 1,555,984 at the 2010 census [7] and 1,653,524 at the 2020 census, [8] making it Indonesia's ninth most populous city [9] after Jakarta, Surabaya, Bekasi, Bandung, Medan, Depok, Tangerang and Palembang; the official population estimate as at mid-2023 was 1,694,740, comprising ...
As of the 2010 census, Central Java's population stood at 32.38 million, barely increasing from 2000, compared with the 1990 census when the population was 28 million. [31] This reflected an increase of approximately 13.5% in 20 years. At the 2020 Census the population was 36,516,035, and the official estimate for mid 2023 was 37,608,336. [2]
The 23.6 km East Flood Canal (Indonesian: Kanal Banjir Timur/KBT, sometimes erroneously spelled as Banjir Kanal Timur/BKT) flows from East Jakarta to North Jakarta. [5] The width of the canal varies from 100 to 300 m. [5] Construction began on 22 June 2002, [5] but has been delayed due to problems in clearing the area. [6]
The province covers an area of 48,036.84 square kilometres (18,547.13 sq mi), and according to the 2010 Census, there were 37,476,757 people residing there, [8] making it Indonesia's second-most-populous province; the 2020 Census showed an increase to 40,665,696 people, [9] while the official estimate for mid 2023 was 41,527,930 (comprising ...