Jakarta on health alert over floods
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Flood waters receded in parts of Indonesia's capital on Tuesday, but huge areas remained submerged and officials were on guard for outbreaks of disease among the estimated 340,000 people displaced.
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Floodwaters inundate much of Jakarta after two days of torrential rain, forcing thousands to leave their homes.
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Loudspeakers boomed warnings across scenes of devastation in this city Tuesday, cautioning survivors of this week&#39;s tsunami that drinking water from wells or underground sources may make them sick.
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The public is urged to check if they live in areas at risk of flooding, on the anniversary of the 1947 floods.
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Floods in the Indonesian capital have  killed at least 20 people and made nearly 200,000 homeless,  with the deluge of muddy brown water up to 4 metres (13 feet)  deep in some areas, officials said on Sunday.
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By IRWAN FIRDAUS  JAKARTA, Indonesia - Boats ferried supplies to desperate residents of Indonesia's flood-stricken capital on Sunday as rivers burst their banks following days of rain. At least 20 people have been killed and almost 340,000 forced from their homes, officials said.
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The death toll from days of flooding in Indonesia's capital jumped to 29 Tuesday, according to Jakarta's flood crisis center, as torrential rains overnight forced even more people from their homes.
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Diarrhoea cases were reported to be rapidly increasing yesterday in the tsunami disaster zone and the United Nations warned that there could be only 48 hours to prevent the major outbreak of waterborne diseases.
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Floods in Indonesia's capital have  killed three people and displaced nearly 100,000 after two days  of torrential rain, a health ministry official said on  Saturday.
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Former Indonesian president Suharto, rushed to hospital in critical condition on Friday, is showing some signs of improvement but requires constant monitoring, hospital and medical officials said on Sunday.
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Villagers and rescue teams searched for survivors on an Indonesian island hit by floods and landslides Thursday as the death toll climbed to 178, officials said.
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Rescuers and volunteers are struggling to reach nearly 190,000 Indonesians left homeless by devastating floods sparked by heavy rains in and around Jakarta, as the death toll rose to seven.
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As the first US military cargo plane arrived with supplies for devastated Banda Aceh, Indonesianâs health minister warned that the death toll could reach 100,000 and that water-borne disease could become a threat.
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An outbreak of water and food-borne disease called acute gastroenteritis stormed all 45 towns of Pangasinan on July 22. Department of Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit reported that the
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By Associated Press  JAKARTA, Indonesia - In a low-lying riverside district of the capital, dead chickens floated in the same filthy floodwaters that women used to bathe children and wash clothes.
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Fears of disease gripped Indonesia's flood-hit capital on Friday with thousands of people living in cramped emergency shelters and some streets still inundated a week after the city's worst floods in five years.
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Floods which have inundated the Indonesian capital for more than a week have claimed 80 lives, officials said in the first definitive toll.