2021-04-08 15:35:49 GMT2021-04-08 23:35:49(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
JAKARTA, April 8 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of tropical cyclone Seroja in Indonesia rose to 165 with 45 still missing, the National Disaster Management Agency said on Thursday.
"Two died in Bima district, West Nusa Tenggara province, and 163 others in East Nusa Tenggara province," said the agency's head Doni Monardo.
In addition, 45 people are still missing and another 20,929 are displaced.
The Indonesian police and the army have deployed 7,572 personnel to search for the missing people.
Meanwhile, 115 public facilities were damaged, a number of bridges were broken, and agricultural irrigation and rice fields were submerged.