JAKARTA (Jakarta Post): A second high tide in less than a month is likely to hit Jakarta's shores on Dec. 23 and 24, said an Indonesian-Dutch tidal monitoring body.
The city's public works body said it has moved into preparatory mode and is repairing coastal embankments in seven areas in North Jakarta.
Jakarta Flood Project, the Indonesian-Dutch partnership, said it has closely monitored tide levels and has calculated sea water levels on Dec. 23 and 24 would be as high as Nov. 26, when high-tides caused traffic mayhem along the city's airport toll road.
"Sea water levels are already very high," project leader Jan Jaap Brinkman was quoted in an email sent to The Jakarta Post on Thursday.
"The 190 centimeter mark was reached at Pasar Ikan (Jakarta's fish market) today," Jan Jaap said.
"Tomorrow levels will increase again."
"It is almost certain that sea water levels will reach the same levels as on Nov. 26."
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