Indonesia said Friday it would start seeding clouds west of the capital, Jakarta, in a bid to prevent further rainfall after deadly flash floods and landslides following some of the heaviest rains ever recorded.
The death toll in Jakarta and surrounding areas had risen to 43, the disaster mitigation agency said, and tens of thousands of people had been displaced.
The floods followed torrential rains on Tuesday and into New Year's Day that inundated swaths of Jakarta and nearby towns, home to 30 million people.