JAKARTA: Indonesians were told on Monday to brace for more heavy downpours after record rains triggered flooding and landslides that authorities said had killed at least 66 people in and around Jakarta.

Whole neighborhoods in the capital — a megalopolis home to around 30 million people — were submerged last week by floodwaters that forced tens of thousands into temporary shelters.

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