There’s nothing left,” said Nurhayati. The 34-year-old looked pitiful. Her eyes were swollen and her face was blank. She was lying on the sidewalk under a blue plastic tent occasionally stroking her stomach—she was nine months pregnant. Her home next to the Ciliwung River in Bukitduri, South Jakarta, was swept away by the surging brown water last Thursday.

The only possessions left were a small bag containing wet clothes and a