Indonesia and Timor-Leste, a nation on a small island between Indonesia and Australia, were pounded by tropical storm Seroja on Monday. The storm turned the small communities of these countries into muddy wastelands as it uprooted trees and forces thousands of people into shelters.

The capital of Indonesia, Dili, has been transformed into a mud pit. In more remote areas of the nation, heaps of mud washed over homes, roads, and bridges. In Lembata, some villages were carried down a mountainside and swept to the ocean shore. Images from search and rescue agencies have shown workers digging up corpses covered in the mud and placing them in body bags. Because of thousands of people flocking to temporary shelters, there are severe shortages of medicine, food, and blankets. In addition to this, COVID-19 has been placing an even greater strain on resources.

As of Wednesday, authorities say that at least 182 people have been killed, while dozens are still missing and thousands of people have been left homeless. In the East Nusa Tenggara and West Nusa Tenggara provinces of Indonesia, the death toll is at 140 while 61 others are missing in flash floods. 42 people have been killed in East Timor along with 22 people dead in Dili, where more than 10,000 are displaced. There have been 20 fatalities in other municipalities. According to Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency, extreme weather conditions are expected to last until Friday.