Just found this on a press review site
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<hr>All shipping operators in East Nusa Tenggara have temporarily halted their operation following prohibition to sail issued by the authorities related to the occurrence of tidal waves that could reach up to more than 4 meters. The operation would resume to normal when the weather has been conducive. [Tempo Interaktif]<hr></blockquote>
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timdog
Yeah, they don't mean tsunamis by "tidal waves". The weather has been unusual for the season lately, with big winds. The NTT province government stopped the public ferries running for a few days a couple of weeks ago, and with winds picking up again I'm not surprised that they've done it again... It's probably a good idea as those old roll-on roll-off ferries that chug between Flores, Timor, Sabu and Sumba are really not meant for open waters, and cope horribly even with quite small seas.
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