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This handout photo taken on April 4, 2021 and released by the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) shows the aftermath of a flash flood in the village of Lamanele on East Flores, where at least 23 people were killed and two missing after early morning flash floods. - AFP JAKARTA, April 4 (Reuters): Flash floods unleashed by torrential heavy rains early on Sunday killed 23 people on Indonesia s island of Flores, injuring nine while five went missing, as the tiny neighbouring nation of East Timor reported eight deaths.
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Thousands of houses still submerged in Indonesia
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Jakarta, April 4 : Thousands of houses still remain submerged by floods in Indonesia s East Java province, but the waters have been receding and a number of evacuees returned home, according to the National Disaster Management Agency.
Agency spokesman Raditya Jati on Saturday said houses in Pasuruan district were still inundated with flood waters, reports Xinhua news agency. The water level now is around 20 to 50 cm high. Yesterday it reached 80 cm high, Jati noted.
He said it rained heavily on Friday, causing the Wrati, Patuk, and Kedung Larangan rivers to overflow.
Thousands of houses still remain submerged by floods in Indonesia s East Java province, but the waters have been receding and a number of evacuees returned home, according to the National Disaster Management Agency. Agency spokesman Raditya Jati on Saturday said houses in Pasuruan district were still inundated with flood waters, reports Xinhua news agency. The water level now is around 20 to 50 cm high. Yesterday it reached 80 cm high, Jati noted. He said it rained heavily on Friday, causing the Wrati, Patuk, and Kedung Larangan rivers to overflow. As of Friday, 11,880 people had been displaced, and some have returned homes now.
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