Jakarta floods: recovery effort begins as city counts cost of worst deluge in a decade

Indonesian soldiers spray disinfectant to battle disease as death toll passes 60, with thousands more living in emergency shelters

Mudslides and power blackouts have hampered the search for people missing in massive floods in Indonesia's capital, where more than 60 people have died and some of the tens of thousands of evacuees are living in damp, cramped emergency shelters.

More than 1,000 soldiers and health workers sprayed disinfectant in hard-hit areas on Sunday to fend off the spread of disease. Monsoon rains and rising rivers submerged a dozen districts in the greater Jakarta area after extreme New Year's Eve rains, causing landslides in hilly areas on the outskirts of the capital that buried scores of people.