Australia Ready to Provide Emergency Aid to East Timor
Australia is on standby to offer emergency aid to East Timor after the worst floods in 40 years have ravaged the island country and left at least 34 dead and thousands displaced. The natural disaster comes as East Timor prepares for its rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine after receiving its first batch on April 5.
“We stand ready to assist the government and people of Timor-Leste (East Timor) in response to further requests for assistance,” a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) official told AAP on April 5.
“Australia and NGO (non-governmental organisation) partners on the ground to whom we provide funding have given support to evacuation centres.”
Floods and landslides triggered by tropical cyclone Seroja in a cluster of islands in southeast Indonesia and East Timor have killed 113 people, with many still unaccounted for and thousand
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Floods and landslides triggered by tropical cyclone Seroja in a cluster of islands in southeast Indonesia and East Timor have killed 113 people, with many still unaccounted for and thousands displaced, officials said on Monday.