Climate change blamed for Jakarta floods

Climate change has contributed to extreme weather conditions that triggered the worst flooding in the Indonesian capital in years, a deputy environment minister said.

50 are dead, hundreds of thousands displaced, some are living in cemeteries, and more rain is coming.

And a ranking government official says global warming is a contributing factor.

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