MADURA - Dozens of houses in Pamekasan Regency, Madura, East Java, were badly damaged by strong winds. In addition to causing dozens of houses to be damaged, strong winds caused electricity to be disrupted due to falling trees.
Head of the Pamekasan Regency Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Amin Jabir, said strong winds hit the Pamekasan Regency, Madura, East Java in the last three days. Including today, Sunday, December 25, which caused trees to fall in a number of sub-districts in Pamekasan.
"Until now, there are about 49 houses reportedly damaged by this strong wind disaster," he said as quoted by Antara.
Amin explained that strong winds that hit Pamekasan occurred in all sub-districts, namely in 13 sub-districts in the area.
"The worst are the three sub-districts located along the southern coast of Pamekasan, such as Tlanakan, Pademawu and Galis sub-districts," he said.
He then added that the buildings were damaged by the strongness of the three sub-districts, reaching 30 units. While the rest are spread over 10 sub-districts.
His party has instructed all BPBD Pamekasan Regency Government personnel to increase monitoring by communicating and coordinating intensely with village officials and community leaders.
"This is intended so that if an incident occurs, we can move quickly," he said.
Based on the forecast submitted by the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), bad weather still has the potential to occur in Pamekasan Regency and a number of other areas in East Java in the next week.
He explained, based on the release, strong winds still have the potential to occur in the next week and the height of sea waves reaches more than three meters.
"Therefore, fishermen and residents who usually do activities at sea should increase their vigilance and are expected to always follow the latest developments in information submitted by the BMKG," he said.
Meanwhile, regarding the victims of strong winds whose houses were damaged, the Pamekasan Regency Government has distributed emergency ladder assistance which was delivered directly by the Regent of Pamekasan Baddrut Tamam.
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