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An abandoned mosque outside the seawall in Muara Baru, Jakarta. The city is sinking as a result of massive groundwater extraction, and the problem is especially bad in Muara Barus, which is already below sea level.

Trying to confront a massive flood risk, Jakarta faces ‘problem on top of problem’

Environment

High water in the seas offshore and rivers on land increasingly threatens Indonesia’s capital city. The government has big plans to deal with it, but some of the city’s poorest residents say the projects will leave them high and dry.