SEROJA (CYCLONE)

April 13, 2021

Tropical cyclone Seroja has ripped across a 1,000km stretch of Western Australia, leaving a trail of damage.

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Severe Tropical Cyclone Seroja was a deadly tropical cyclone that brought historic flooding and landslides in portions of southern Indonesia and East Timor and later went on to impact Western Australia's Mid-West region, becoming one of the first to do so since Cyclone Elaine in 1999.
The name Seroja means lotus in Indonesian.
As of 12 April 2021, it is estimated that at least 224 people were killed by the storm, with 181 people in Indonesia, 42 in East Timor, and one in Australia.

Source : All India Radio

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