Cyclone kills 19 in Indonesia's Java
Authored By Wion Web Desk
Published: Nov 29, 2017, 04:27 IST | Updated: Nov 29, 2017, 04:27 IST
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'Nineteen people have died, thousands of homes have been flooded and other damage has been caused,' Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for the Disaster Mitigation Agency, said on Twitter
A tropical cyclone killed 19 people on theIndonesian island of Java, officials said on Wednesday, with most of the victims caught under a landslide.
Video footage showed rivers overflowing and roads and villages submerged in brown water after the storm struck on Tuesday.
"Nineteen people have died, thousands of homes have been flooded and other damage has been caused," Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for the Disaster Mitigation Agency, said on Twitter.
Two nearby airports were briefly closed but had since reopened. Flights aroundIndonesiahave been disrupted due to the eruption of a volcano on the neighbouring holiday island of Bali to the east.