Despite Taking Short, Hot Winds Damaged To Houses, Schools Until Donating Dozens Of Tree In Sidoarjo, East Java
SIDOARJO - A number of houses in Sidoarjo Regency, East Java, were damaged by strong winds that hit parts of the area on Sunday, October 23 evening.Head of the Sidoarjo Regency Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), Dwijo Prawito, said that the reports that were damaged were Citra Garden Housing, Kahuripan Nirwan Village (KNV) and also in the OKI Sidoarjo area."Our members continue to provide assistance to people whose houses were damaged, including providing tarpaulins," he said in Sidoarjo, quoted from Antara, Sunday night.In addition to destroying the strong wind house that occurred for several minutes, it also overturned dozens of trees."As a result, there were several victims including a car that was parked," said Diwo Prawito.One of the workers at the KNV Sidoarjo Housing, Suhendra, said that the strong winds occurred very quickly."It happened on Sunday evening, only a quarter-hour," he said.Based on the information gathered, this strong wind incident also damaged the roof of a hotel in the KNV area.In addition, several parts of the school building in the Buduran area of Sidoarjo were also damaged. Luckily there was no teaching and learning activity during the incident.In the OKIA area, strong winds also knocked down a tree, blocking the access road connecting Surabaya-Sidoarjo.Several pictures and videos of strong winds have also circulated on a number of social media platforms such as Whatsapp and also Facebook.