Severe flooding in Greater Jakarta and Banten has claimed at least 43 lives and forced hundreds of thousands of people to abandon their homes after heavy downpour from Tuesday evening until Wednesday.

Data gathered by the Social Affairs Ministry, the Health Ministry and the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) as of 9 a.m. on Friday show Bogor regency in West Java as having recorded the highest number of casualties with 16 deaths, followed by Lebak regency in Banten with eight deaths and East Jakarta with seven.