Severe Flooding Strikes Jakarta, Indonesia; More Storms to Follow News.com – Widespread flooding inundated Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday night through Monday night, and more storms this week threaten to worsen the situation. Flooding quickly ensued Sunday night through Monday night in Jakarta as persistent rain and thunderstorms unleashed 300 to 450 mm (12 to 18 inches) of rainfall. On Tuesday, nearly 6,000 people were evacuated from parts of Jakarta. Runoff from the rain flooded dozens of roads and severely affected public transportation. The TransJakarta busway was forced to halt operations on half of its corridors Monday morning, while train services were disrupted. Flood waters reached up to 60 cm around the Presidential Palace and the National Monument and brought a rapid rise on the Ciliwung River. Create by: Novita Riantie
Lizard is the animals that belong to reptile that has scales and four legs. Based on the size of the body, these animals are classified into two groups that are small-bodied lizards like home lizards, sand lizards, geckos, and big-bodied lizard such as Biawak, and Komodo. Large-bodied lizard’s length can reach more than 3 m. Lizard’ body is generally filled by scales but some are smooth and shiny like type of Infraordo Scincomorpha. This animal belongs to cold-bodied animals. They need sun to regulate their body temperature. Lizard has various habitats to live. Most of lizards live on the land (terrestrial), some of them lives inside soil or sand (tonsorial) while some snake hangs around on the top or in the trunk of the tree (arboreal). They are the explorer animal. They actively explore the environment to hunt their prey. Although most of this species are predator, but actually lizard’s food is very varied. They can eat fruits; seeds, insects, amphibians, reptiles, and mamma...