China News Service, April 6, according to "Central News Agency", tropical cyclone Seroja (Seroja) has caused heavy rains in southeastern Indonesia and East Timor for several days, causing floods and mudslides.
Disasters in the two countries have so far caused at least 160 deaths, dozens of missing, and thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes.
According to reports, Seloa carried strong winds and torrential rains, causing floods and mudslides in Indonesia and East Timor over the weekend. Many small settlements were suddenly reduced to muddy wasteland and trees were uprooted.
On April 4, local time, on the island of Flores in eastern Indonesia, the village after being hit by flash floods was in a mess, with building debris and rubbish everywhere.
According to the Indonesian National Disaster Relief Agency, in several islands in West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara, a total of at least 86 people have been reported dead and 71 people are missing.
The Associated Press reported that at least 133 people died in Indonesia, dozens were missing, and 27 people died in East Timor.
The East Timor government also informed that mudslides, sudden floods and fallen trees have claimed at least 27 lives in the area, and 7,000 people have been forced to evacuate.
Dili, the capital of East Timor, plunged into the ocean, and the front of the presidential palace became a mud pit.
Raditya Jadi, a spokesman for the Indonesian National Disaster Relief Agency, said that about 30,000 people in the country were affected by the flood, and some of them have taken refuge in the evacuation center.
However, as five bridges have collapsed and some roads have been blocked by fallen trees, rescue operations have been difficult.
In East Flores County on the remote island of Flores, Indonesia, billowing mud flows into homes, bridges and roads.
On Longbuling Island, far east of Flores Island, some villages were partially washed down the mountain and brought all the way to the sea. The local authorities worried that the bodies of some victims would be washed away together.
Celoya set off huge waves on the coast of Indonesia, causing ships and speedboats docking on the shore to sink, and hundreds of houses and solar power plants and other facilities were damaged.
The Indonesian Meteorological Agency stated that although Celoya continues to move away from Indonesia and heading towards the west coast of Australia, the intensity may increase in the next 24 hours, bringing more rainfall and wind waves.
The rescue and relief operations may be even more difficult.