BANDA ACEH - As many as 11 houses from Batin Wih Pongas Village residents, Bukit District, Bener Meriah Regency, Aceh were damaged by a tornado.

"This tornado incident occurred at around 13.30 WIB," said Head of the Aceh Disaster Management Agency (BPBA) Ilyas through the Data and Information Center (Pusdatin) in Banda Aceh, as reported by Antara, Wednesday, April 13.

Ilyas explained that the tornado that hit residential areas in the local district was triggered by bad weather that hit the Gayo highlands.

As a result, 11 houses were slightly damaged. There were no casualties in the incident. The rapid reaction team (TRC) and the TNI/Polri as well as the community have arrived at the location to provide logistical and food assistance.

"The latest condition is that the Bener Meriah BPBD team has collected data and distributed aid," he said.

Some of the affected residents include Ismail (60), Muhammad (65), Dahlan (60), Safwan (65), Darmawan (50), Suryadi (45), Jalaluddin (65), Asiah (75), Adha (40), Sairah (60) and Nawawi (70).

"Some of the affected victims fled to the nearest relative's house," he said.


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