29 House Units In East Lombok Swept Away By Puting Beliung

Photo via Antara.

NTB - Dozens of houses in Keruak District, East Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) were damaged by a tornado.

The Head of Keruak Sub-district, Ahmad Subhan, said that there were 29 temporary information on residents' houses affected by the tornado in Keruak District.

"The average affected is the house on stilts and only damaged on the roof of the house. All of them were lightly damaged except for one building that made the furniture was moderately damaged," he said in a written statement, Thursday, January 12, quoted by Antara.

Dozens of damaged houses were spread across two villages in Keruak District, namely Tanjung Luar Village as many as 27 housing units spread over 10 units in South Toroh Hamlet, 9 units in Toroh Tengah Hamlet and 8 units in Kampung Tengah Hamlet.

Meanwhile, in Ketapang Raya Village, 2 units were spread over 1 house in Lungkak Hamlet and 1 unit of furniture warehouse building in Lungkak Hamlet.

"A total of 29 units," he said.

This natural disaster occurs during hot weather, suddenly it rains and only a tornado strikes the roofs of residents' houses. However, in that incident there were no casualties, only material losses.

"There were no casualties," he said.

The East Lombok Regency BPBD team has gone to the location to conduct an assessment accompanied by Forkopimcam Keruak and the local village government.

"Tim dari BPBD Lombok Timur telah turun untuk memberikan bantuan kepada para korban," katanya.