China News Agency, Jakarta, April 5 (Reporter Lin Yongchuan) A written notice issued by the Indonesian National Disaster Relief Agency on the afternoon of the 5th stated that the country’s East Nusa Tenggara province has caused 68 deaths and 70 deaths due to floods caused by heavy storms. People are missing.

On April 4th, local time, the scene after flooding occurred in Lamanele village on Flores Island in eastern Indonesia.

　　Indonesian media quoted Raditya Jadi, a spokesperson for the National Disaster Relief Agency, as saying that "the death toll is still being collected."

The 68 people who have been confirmed dead include 44 in East Flores County, 11 in Lombarta County, 2 in Ende County and 11 in Aro County.

　　In the early morning of the 4th local time, several areas in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia were hit by heavy storms and rain.

The flash floods caused by heavy rains mixed with trees, boulders, and mud destroyed the houses of many villagers, and some villagers were washed away by the floods or buried by mudslides.

　　According to preliminary statistics from the Indonesian National Disaster Relief Agency, nearly 800 houses were affected by the floods, of which nearly 100 were washed, submerged or severely damaged; 5 bridges and some public facilities were destroyed; one ship sank.

　　Indonesian President Joko Widodo expressed condolences to the victims in a video speech on the 5th and demanded that disaster relief work be carried out quickly and effectively and infrastructure repaired.

Joko reminded the public to pay attention to weather forecasts and disaster warnings, and raise awareness of extreme weather and flood disasters.

　　The director of the Indonesian National Disaster Relief Agency, Doni, rushed to the disaster area to guide the relief work that morning, and delivered urgently needed blankets, instant food, medicines and COVID-19 prevention materials to the disaster area.

The Ministry of Social Affairs of the country also allocated emergency relief funds to the disaster-stricken areas.

　　Raditya Jadi said that the disaster area may also face extreme weather such as heavy rains and strong winds in the coming week.

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