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WHO WORKS WHERE: Jakarta floods

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Monday, 5 February 2007 00:00 GMT

Several hundred thousand people have been displaced in the worst flooding the Indonesian capital of Jakarta has seen for five years.

Meteorologists have warned the city could suffer heavy rains until the end of the month. Health officials fear outbreaks of diseases such as typhoid, cholera and measles.

The Indonesian military has deployed thousands of soldiers and provided dozens of dinghies and trucks to help flood-hit residents.

International aid agencies are also responding to the emergency.

Click here for our "Who Works Where" list of relief agency contacts, including press officers. Click here to find aid agency updates and press releases about the situation in Jakarta. Click here for photos showing how people are coping with the devastation.

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