Published on: Wednesday, April 07, 2021
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Rescuers retrieving a victim’s body in Nelemamadike village, East Flores, after torrential rains triggered floods and landslides that left over 100 people dead in Indonesia and East Timor.
LEMBATA: Rescuers were searching for dozens of people still missing Tuesday after floods and landslides swept away villages in Indonesia and East Timor, killing at least 120 people and leaving thousands more homeless.
Torrential rains from Tropical Cyclone Seroja turned small communities into wastelands of mud, uprooted trees and sent around 10,000 people fleeing to shelters across the neighbouring Southeast Asian nations.
Indonesia’s disaster management agency said it had recorded 86 deaths in a cluster of remote islands near East Timor, where another 34 have been officially listed as dead since the disaster struck on Sunday.
Wednesday, 07 Apr 2021 07:24 AM MYT
Indonesia rescue agency search for a body at an area affected by flash floods after heavy rains in East Flores, East Nusa Tenggara province April 5, 2021. Picture by Basarnas/Handout via Reuters
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LEMBATA, April 7 Rescuers were searching for dozens of people still missing yesterday after floods and landslides swept away villages in Indonesia and East Timor, killing at least 120 people and leaving thousands more homeless.
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, uprooted trees and sent around 10,000 people fleeing to shelters across the neighbouring South-east Asian nations.
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At least 157 people have been killed in Indonesia and neighbouring Timor-Leste, with dozens more still missing, after a tropical cyclone battered the southeast Asian nations, leaving thousands homeless, authorities said Tuesday.
Torrential rains from Tropical Cyclone Seroja has turned small communities into wastelands of mud, uprooted trees and sent around 10,000 people fleeing to shelters across the neighbouring nations.
Indonesia s disaster management agency said it had recorded 130 deaths in a cluster of remote islands near Timor-Leste, where another 27 have been officially listed as dead.
Search and rescue teams in Indonesia were racing to find more than 70 people still missing and using diggers to clear mountains of debris.
Torrential rains from Tropical Cyclone Seroja turned small communities into wastelands of mud, uprooted trees and sent around 10,000 people fleeing to shelters across the neighbouring Southeast Asian nations.