Strong Wind Landa Jember East Java, Fallen Trees

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JEMBER - Secretary of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Jember, East Java, Heru Widagdo said that strong winds that caused a number of trees to fall occurred in 10 locations.

"A number of trees fell in several locations due to strong winds and one of them was on Jalan Ahmad Yani Jember which hit a car parked on the side of the road," he said, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, October 27.

Based on data, the first location of fallen trees due to strong winds occurred on Jalan Brigjen Katamso, Sumbersari Village, Sumbersari District which partially closed local road access.

The second location on Jalan Ahmad Yani, there is a trembesi tree with a diameter of 80 cm that fell on the car, causing moderate damage.

The third location is on Jalan Sumatra which is in Kelurahan/District of Sumbersari, then the fourth location is in front of a green open space in Kelurahan Mangli, Kecamatan Kaliwates.

A fallen tree also occurred in front of SMA Negeri 5 Jember, which is located in Baratan Village, Patrang District. The sixth location is on Jalan Mohammad Yamin in front of the Taman Anggrek Housing which is located in the Tegalbesar Village, Kaliwates District.

Strong winds also caused trees to fall in Antirogo Village, Sumbersari District; Pontang Village in Ambulu District, Garahan Village in Silo District, and the last location is in Kelurahan/District of Patrang.

"Joint officers evacuated a fallen tree that hit a car on Jalan Ahmad Yani and several other locations, so that road access returns to normal," continued Heru.

Heru said there were no fatalities in the strong winds that hit several sub-districts in Jember Regency, but his party appealed to the public to be more careful.

He appealed to the public to be aware of strong winds during the change from the dry season to the rainy season, so as to avoid trees that are quite tall and places that are prone to collapse due to strong winds.

Meanwhile, Head of Samapta Jember Police AKP Eko Basuki Teguh A said his party was helping the Jember BPBD to evacuate a fallen tree that hit a car and regulate traffic.

"The condition of the road gradually returned to normal after efforts by officers to clean up fallen trees took about 30 minutes because we went straight to the disaster site after receiving reports from residents," he said.