KARAWANG - A number of urban areas and other areas in Karawang Regency, West Java, were hit by tornadoes for three consecutive days.
"The tornado disaster occurred in a number of areas, from Friday 16 December to this Sunday," said Karawang Police Chief AKBP Aldi Subartono, reported by Antara from Karawang, Sunday 18 December.
He conveyed, among the areas hit by a tornado, according to the report he received was in Cikampek District which resulted in 12 houses being damaged. The incident occurred on Friday, December 16.
The police, he said, especially from the Cikampek Police, immediately came to the location when the incident occurred. His staff monitored and helped residents clean up the rubble of houses damaged by a tornado.
On that occasion, his party also distributed basic food assistance to victims whose houses were damaged.
Meanwhile, according to information gathered from the Karawang Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), a tornado also occurred on Saturday, December 17.
In the incident that took place that afternoon, a number of billboards collapsed after being hit by a tornado, namely on the Karawang Bypass Ring Road.
In the East Karawang area, there was also a tornado that not only hit people's houses.
However, it also caused a number of fallen trees and a mosque tower in Elok II Warung Bambu Housing, East Karawang was badly damaged. In addition, a power pole also fell, causing electricity to be out for about seven hours.
Furthermore, this Sunday afternoon, it was reported that a tornado also caused billboards in the Telukjambe Timur region to collapse.
The tornado that occurred when heavy rains was recorded in a video that spread across a number of social media.
Until now, the Karawang BPBD is still collecting data related to the occurrence of tornadoes that occurred in a number of areas around Karawang.
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