Aid flows into cyclone-struck Indonesia as death toll rises | Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)

Aid flows into cyclone-struck Indonesia as death toll rises
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LEMBATA, Indonesia, April 8, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Two Indonesian navy ships packed with aid arrived Thursday in a cyclone-ravaged section of the archipelago, as the disaster’s death toll rose to nearly 180 people, including dozens killed in neighbouring East Timor.
The vessels docked in hard-hit Lembata and Adonara island with hospital ships also en route to the ravaged cluster of islands in eastern Indonesia where thousands have been left homeless and dozens are still missing.
Torrential rains from Tropical Cyclone Seroja, one of the most destructive storms to hit the region in years, turned small communities into wastelands of mud and uprooted trees, sending thousands fleeing to shelters amid widespread power blackouts.

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