China News Agency, Jakarta, April 9th (Reporter Lin Yongchuan) On the 9th, the floods caused by tropical cyclones have caused 165 deaths and dozens of missing people in East Nusa Tenggara and West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Disaster relief work It's going hard.
On the morning of the same day, Indonesian President Joko took a special plane from Jakarta to East Nusa Tenggara to investigate the disaster situation, visit and condolences the victims. Joko visited the resettlement sites on Lumbarta Island.
According to the Indonesian National Disaster Relief Agency, the floods have caused 163 deaths in East Nusa Tenggara and 2 deaths in West Nusa Tenggara. Dozens of people are still missing.
As the search and rescue work continues, the death toll may increase.
Floods and mudslides damaged more than 110 public facilities and more than 13,600 houses, and more than 20,000 victims were evacuated and resettled urgently.
The Indonesian government dispatched more than 7,500 military police to participate in the disaster relief work. Disaster relief materials such as tents, blankets, food, medicines are being transported from various places to the disaster area, and an Indonesian navy medical ship is sailing to the disaster area to provide medical treatment.
In the early morning of the 4th local time, extreme weather occurred in East Nusa Tenggara and West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Severe storms brought by tropical cyclones hit dozens of counties (cities) in the two provinces, causing huge floods and successive occurrences. The landslides in China destroyed many villagers’ houses, roads and bridges, and other public facilities such as power grids.
Due to damaged roads and interruption of power supply, disaster relief work in some remote areas is extremely difficult.
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