Floods have wreaked havoc and destruction on islands stretching from Flores in Indonesia to Timor-Leste, killing more than 100 people and sending thousands fleeing into shelters.
Juna Witak, another Lembata resident, joined his family at a local hospital where they wept over the corpse of his mother who was killed in a flash flood Sunday. Her body was found by the seashore.'Medicine, food, blankets'
Scared residents flocked to temporary shelters across the remote region or took refuge in what was left of their homes. “We should think about whether we should scramble an Australian medical assistance team to Timor-Leste.” A photo made available by the East Flores regional Board for Disaster Management shows the flood aftermath in Adonara, East Flores, Indonesia.Earlier, road access had been cut off and local officials were forced to deploy heavy equipment to reopen the roads.