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• Throughout the last century flooding has been one of the most costly disasters in terms of both property
damage and human casualties. Major floods in China, for example, killed about 2 million people in 1887, nearly
4 million in 1931, and about 1 million in 1938.

• The 2007 flood was a major flood in Jakarta, affected several other areas around the city, such as West Java
and Banten. The flood is considered the worst in the last three centuries, including the 1996 and 2002 Jakarta
floods, which killed 10 and 25 people respectively.