Dozens of Trees in Kudus Uprooted by Strong Winds

A tree fell across Jalan Jepara-Kudus after heavy rain and strong winds fell, Thursday (17/11/2022). ANTARA/Akhmad Nazaruddin Lathif.

KUDUS - Dozens of trees on several protocol roads in Kudus Regency, Central Java, were uprooted due to being hit by rain accompanied by wind and some were across the highway.

"The impact of the rain accompanied by strong winds that occurred today, not only caused 12 trees to fall but there were several telephone network cables and electricity belonging to PLN", said the Head of Emergency and Logistics of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Kudus Munaji as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, November 17th.

Heavy rains accompanied by strong winds occurred on Thursday at around 12.00 WIB and caused dozens of falls, the largest in several areas in Kudus.

As a result of the incident, there was a fallen tree which resulted in obstructed road access due to fallen trees across the road.

Fallen trees across the road, including Kudus-Jepara Street, Jenderal Sudirman Street, Sunan Kudus Street, near the Mejobo office, and several other areas.

The flow of traffic did stagnate because fallen trees were recorded across several densely packed lanes, such as Kudus-Jepara Street and Jenderal Sudirman Street.

"However, thanks to the alertness of officers from the BPBD and the police, finally the traffic flow can be regulated so that it remains smooth while waiting for the evacuation of fallen trees", he said.

As a result of the fallen tree, also hit the traffic light on Jenderal Sudirman Street, the kindergarten school building in Getas Pejaten Village, and the Pedawang Elementary School.

For the loss of life, until now it is still nil, while the value of the loss is estimated at IDR 6 million.

The Kudus BPBD team is also still deployed in several fallen tree locations, although most have been evacuated so that road access has also returned to normal.