"Heavy downpours on Sunday have triggered widespread flooding across Jakarta, disrupting the lives of locals in multiple neighbourhoods. Footage shows a wide area inundated, with residents leading motorcycles through the water or resorting to improvised means of transport. Locals can also be seen transporting supplies by wading through the floodwaters or using makeshift rafts. "It's disruptive because motorcycles are breaking down. Even though this is difficult. Whether it's Sunday, a day off, or a workday, we're disrupted," a resident said. Others said flooding has become more persistent in recent years than it was two decades ago. "A big flood like this happens once a year [...] now it's getting worse, actually; it's definitely once a year," another claimed. "If the river improvements are truly finished, truly done this time, then maybe it could be reduced," he added. Sunday's rains caused flooding in various areas in northern and western Jakarta, with 16 neighbourhood units and 10 roads affected, according to the Jakarta Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Data and Information Centre. Multiple neighbourhoods experienced flooding reaching up to 70 centimetres, forcing dozens of families to abandon their homes. It comes just days after major floods were reported in the Indonesian capital, prompting local authorities to raise the flood alert to level two on Monday."