Hit By Hot Winds And Burst Rain, Dozens Of Situbondo Porak Residents' Houses Were Torn Apart

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Dozens of houses in Pasir Putih Village, Situbondo Regency, East Java, were destroyed by a tornado and accompanied by heavy rains, on Thursday, February 9 evening.

The Head of BPBD Situbondo Sruwi Hartanto said the tornado caused at least 25 houses in the two hamlets to be slightly damaged, moderately damaged.

"The houses damaged by the tornado occurred in Tegal Mulyo Hamlet as many as 14 houses and in Krajan Hamlet 11 houses, 9 of which were heavily damaged," said Sruwi, Sruwi Hartanto's nickname in Situbondo, Friday, February 10.

When a tornado hit Pasir Putih Village, all residents immediately saved themselves from leaving their homes. So there were no casualties. However, the loss due to the tornado is estimated at tens of millions of rupiah.

According to Sruwi, after BPBD received information about the tornado, BPBD, Tagana officers, sub-district communication forums and local village governments went to the location.

"Today BPBD officers, Tagana, sub-district leadership forums and other related to helping residents repair their houses damaged by tornadoes," he said, quoted by Antara.

At almost the same time, heavy rains also caused roads in Campoan Village, Mlandingan District, landslides.

BPBD Situbondo noted that there were six landslides on Jalan Desa Campoan due to heavy rains. In addition, one of the bridge's foundations was also eroded by water up to 5 meters with a length of 15 meters.