Lethal floods hit Indonesia and East Timor
By AFP
05 April 2021 |
2:02 pm
Houses are destroyed in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province as flash floods and landslides hit the country and neighbouring East Timor, killing scores of people.
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