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The BNPB also noted that the the waters range in depth from 40 cm to 1.50 meters in East Jakarta’s Cipinang district. The Agency pointed out that the floods displaced 694 people from 182 families in the stricken areas.

Tribunjakarta.com The milky white flood flowing through North Jakarta's Sunter district, Thursday (18/2/2021)

The floods also left a mysterious phenomenon at the North Jakarta district of Sunter, namely white, milky water last Thursday.

”We have no idea what the water is,” said the local headman Sukartono. “But it does not seem to be from toxic waste, as children who swam in the waters did not have skin rashes or other health issues.”

He added that he has taken water samples to the Ministry of Environment and Fisheries. “It is perhaps best that they look [at the water samples],” Sukartono asserted. “After all, they are the experts.”

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https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2021/02/19/16315981/57-rt-di-jakarta-terendam-banjir-hingga-15-meter-694-warga-mengungsi?page=all#page2. 

https://megapolitan.kompas.com/read/2021/02/19/16542561/sampel-air-banjir-berwarna-putih-di-sunter-jaya-dikirim-ke-klhk. 

ANTARA FOTO/Zabur Karuru/hp. One of 52 pilot whales that washed ashore on East Java's Madura Island on Thursday (18/2/2021). 49 of the marine mammals died following their beaching on Madura's Bangkalan District, while volunteers managed to guid three of the whales to the open sea

Animals Gone Wild: 52 Whales Wash Ashore in East Java Province’s Madura Island

Officials from the Nature Conservation Agency [BKSDA] branch in the Indonesian province of East Java is currently investigating the beaching of 52 pilot whales which washed ashore on the province’s Madura Island.

“This beaching is extremely rare. Usually there are about five whales who washed ashore,” said East Java BKSDA head RM. Wiwied Widodo on Friday, February 19. “But a pod of dozens [of beached whales] is something new. That is why we are investigating this incident.”

Wiwied believed that the cause might originate from the sonar that the whales used for navigation. “The causes might vary from earthquakes or underwater tectonic shifts that played havoc with their sonar, or perhaps they are hungry.”

The whales washed up on Madura’s Bangkalan district on Thursday. 49 out of 52 pilot whales were found dead by fishermen, while volunteers managed to guide three of the aquatic mammals into the open ocean.

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https://regional.kompas.com/read/2021/02/19/18092441/52-ekor-paus-terdampar-di-madura-bksda-ini-fenomena-langka?page=all#page2.