Torrential rains from Tropical Cyclone Seroja, one of the most destructive storms to hit the region in years, turned small communities into wastelands of mud. in the archipelago and neighbouring Timor-Leste, the disaster agency said.
Rescuers have spent the past few days using diggers and shovels to extract mud-covered corpses from the debris. Its capital Dili was inundated, with the front of its presidential palace transformed into a mud pit.The hospital ships were due to leave Jakarta and Semarang, a city east of Indonesia's capital, bound for the disaster-struck region, said Raditya Jati, spokesman for the disaster agency.
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