The world is already fighting with novel coronavirus and in the middle of such a crisis, multiple disasters in eastern Indonesia are reported. The cause of disasters is said to be torrential rains. Lately, the reports mentioned that Indonesia witnessed landslides and floods because of which at least 55 people have been killed and displaced thousands. 

The country's disaster relief agency briefed about the situation going on in Indonesia on Monday. More than 40 other people were missing and many were displaced. In the landslides, mud toppled down from surrounding hills onto dozens of homes in Lamenele village shortly after midnight on Adonara island in East Nusa Tenggara province. Till now, the rescuers have recovered 38 bodies in which five people were seriously injured, said Lenny Ola. Flash flooding killed at least 17 people elsewhere and at least 42 are missing, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency. The reports from disaster management read that hundreds of people fled submerged homes, some of which were carried off by the floodwaters. In another village, Waiburak overnight rains caused rivers to burst their banks, sending muddy water into large areas of East Flores district, Ola said. 

Following the disaster incidents in the country, Lembata island killed at least 11, while at least 16 others were still buried under tons of cold lava, Jati said. The lava was left after the volcano had erupted in November. Photos released by the agency showed rescuers and police and military personnel taking residents to shelters. Frequent seasonal rains are causing floods and landslides in Indonesia. 

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