Wind Tornado Damages 5 Residents' Houses in South Lampung

JAKARTA - Five residents' houses in the Indah Lestari Lubuk Housing, Way Lubuk Village, Kalianda District, South Lampung Regency (Lamsel) were reported to have been damaged by a tornado.

Head of the Damkar Section of the South Lampung Damkarmat Office, Rully Fikriansyah, said the incident occurred after heavy rain accompanied by strong winds hit the area.

"Yes, the tornado disaster occurred this afternoon on Tuesday which resulted in five houses being damaged," he said, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, January 20.

For this incident, his party together with the South Lampung Regency BPBD immediately moved quickly to the location of the incident.

"The team together with the BPBD immediately went to the scene to ensure that there were no casualties and to help residents clean their houses from the collapse of the roofs of damaged houses due to the tornado," he said.

According to him, until now his party is still helping people affected by the disaster to clean and repair damaged buildings.