202 Houses In Bondowoso Damaged By Tornadoes, 11 People Injured By Roof Collapse

A joint team helped residents whose houses were hit by a tornado in the Prajekan District, Bondowoso Regency, East Java Province, Friday (18/1/2024). (ANTARA/Novi Husdinariyanto)

BONDOWOSO - The number of houses affected by the tornado in the Prajekan District, Bondowoso Regency, East Java, has increased to 202 units according to the latest data from the Natural Disaster Management Command Task Force.

Puting beliung occurred on Thursday (18/1) afternoon in Walidono Village and Cangkring in Prajekan District.

"As of this afternoon, the results of the assessment of officers in the field of houses affected by hurricanes have increased to 202 houses," said the Commander of the Bondowoso District Natural Disaster Management Command Task Force Lt. Col. Arm Suhendra Chipta as reported by ANTARA, Friday, January 19.

Among the 202 houses affected by the disaster, 15 houses were heavily damaged and two houses were razed to the ground because they were hit by a tornado.

In addition to causing damage to houses and public facilities, the tornado that hit Walidono and Cangkring villages also injured 11 people due to falling roofs of houses and wood carried by the wind.

"Two people were seriously injured, are being treated at the Prajekan Health Center, in addition there were four moderately injured victims and five others suffered minor injuries," said Suhendra, who is also the Military District Commander 0822/Bondowoso.

BPBD, TNI, Polri personnel, Social Service, and Disaster Preparedness Cadets have gone down to help residents clean up residential neighborhoods affected by the tornado.

BPBD officers, TNI, Polri, and other related agencies helped install the roofs of houses that could still be used and cleaned the rubble of the roofs of the houses that were hit by the tornado.

"In addition, hundreds of personnel, both the TNI and Polri and local governments, were deployed to affected locations to evacuate a number of fallen trees that hit residents' houses and village roads," said Suhendra.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Prajekandrg Health Center. Lesa Lolita said that residents who were affected by the tornado were mostly injured in the head, shoulders, and back because they were hit by the roof of the house that was hit.

"Until now, two seriously injured victims are still undergoing medical treatment at the puskesmas, while moderate and minor injuries have been allowed to go home," he said.