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A month after being hit with devastating floods, Timor-Leste is struggling to cope amid a Covid-19 outbreak. Last month's floods left more than 45 people dead including a dozen children and tens of thousands homeless. .. Photo: Supplied/UNICEF The floods were brought on by a cyclone in Indonesia. In its latest update issued on 21 April, the government said 28,734 households were affected by the floods, with 90 percent of the homes in the capital Dili. The UN Children's Agency said over 6000 people were still in 30 evacuation centres across Dili. The UNICEF's head in Dili, Bilal Durrani, told...

Dili – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), with support from Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF), has conducted a series of assessment flights on behalf of the Government to determine the extent of agricultural and infrastructural damages caused by Cyclone Seroja that hit the Timor-Leste early April. The cyclone brought torrential rains and flash floods - the worst in 40 years, with Dili, the capital, hardest hit. Following the disaster, the Government declared a State of Calamity and called for international assistance. “With logistics support from WFP, we have been able to dist...

HIGHLIGHTS Following the Government’s declaration of a state of calamity in Dili on 8 April, several humanitarian donors have provided additional humanitarian support the flood response, equivalent to nearly USD 10 million. According to the latest official figures (21 April) from the Ministry of State Administration, which leads the Task Force for Civil Protection and Natural Disaster Management, a total of 28,734 households have reportedly been affected by the floods across all 13 municipalities. Of whom, 90% - or 25,881 households – are in Dili municipality. The same report cites that c...

X Update Mon, 19 Apr 2021, 17:30 Moderate tremor of magnitude 4.3 just reported 71 km north of Atambua, Indonesia 4.3 quake 20 Apr 1:13 am (GMT +8) Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported a magnitude 4.3 quake in Indonesia near Atambua, Kabupaten Belu, East Nusa Tenggara, only 16 minutes ago. The earthquake hit early morning on Tuesday 20 April 2021 at 1:13 am local time at a shallow depth of 10 km. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculation...

HIGHLIGHTS Following the Government’s declaration of a state of calamity in Dili on 8 April, several humanitarian donors have provided additional humanitarian funding to support the flood response, amounting to over USD 7.5 million. According to the latest official figures (14 April) from the Ministry of State Administration, which leads the Task Force for Civil Protection and Natural Disaster Management, a total of 25,709 households have reportedly been affected by the floods across all 13 municipalities. Of whom, 45% - or 11,558 households – are in Dili municipality. According to the sa...