Cyclone Seroga causes floods and landslides that cause dozens of deaths in Indonesia and East Timor

Weather Arabs - killed at least 100 people have lost dozens in the wake of tropical cyclone Saroja, which caused floods and landslides destroyed in parts of eastern Indonesia and East Timor on Sunday, The death toll rises more after the rains swept through the heavy archipelago of Indonesia and Timor Leste neighboring .

Strong winds and heavy rain at night caused dams to overflow and flooded villages, forcing thousands of people to flee to evacuation shelters.

Rescue efforts continued, yesterday, Monday, with teams digging mud and rubble in search of victims, and using inflatable boats to recover the bodies that swept through the sea, but rescue efforts are struggling due to the continuing impact of difficult weather conditions, power outages, road closures, and after the location of the affected areas.

Reports from the National Disaster Agency have stated that at least 70 people have been killed on several islands in the provinces of West and East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, while 70 people are still missing, and the agency said that the total number of people affected by the floods in Indonesia has reached 30,000 people.

At least 27 people have been killed in East Timor, many of them in the capital Dili, while 7,000 have been forced to flee their homes. Pictures from Dili showed collapsed buildings and destroyed roads, and authorities warned earlier on Monday that the number of dead and wounded could continue to rise.

To make matters worse, the torrents struck several villages while people were sleeping, and strong water currents continued to flow in the villages of Melaka district of Timor Island on Monday, although the rains had stopped. Some residents said they climbed onto the roofs of their homes in search of shelter from the water, which had risen to 3-4 meters.

Today, Indonesia remains under the influence of the remnants of Cyclone Seroga, which turned into a tropical storm, after it hit the Sapo Sea in the southwest of Timor Island in the early hours of Monday, and will move away in the coming hours from the country and gradually turn over the next two days to a first-class hurricane off the coast of northwestern Australia. .

Indonesia typically experiences landslides and flash floods during the rainy season, while its location on the Ring of Fire, an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin, also makes it vulnerable to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis. In January, 40 people were killed in flash floods in the Indonesian town of Sumedang in West Java.

According to the country's disaster agency, about 125 million Indonesians, nearly half of the country's population, live in areas at risk of landslides.