A tornado hit the square of Jember Regency, East Java, causing a number of tents and billboards to be damaged.
"There were no casualties in the incident and only a few tents for Cooperative Day activities were damaged," said Secretary of the Jember Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Heru Widagdo as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, July 26.
According to him, the tornado can be seen from the front of the Jember Regency Government Office (Pemkab) heading to the middle of the square field and hitting a number of activity tents in the middle of the square, causing several tents and billboards to be damaged.
"A total of three tents and one billboard were damaged, but the damaged tents have been repaired by the organizing committee," he said.
Heru appealed to the public to be careful when they see clouds suddenly dark and previously sunny, so that there is a potential for tornadoes to occur, so it is better to stay away from trees or poles that are easily collapsed by the tornado.
"If you are near a tree, you should stay away because a tornado could damage trees and hit people around trees. It is better to take shelter in a sturdy place," he said.
Meanwhile, in a video circulating in a number of WhatsApp Jember groups, it shows a tornado crashing into just a few seconds in the square field accompanied by panic from residents and some residents scattered to stay away from the field shouting hysterically.
A tornado hit a number of tents until the tent capsized and flew, but no one was in any of the tents.
Monitoring in the field, many tents have been installed in the Jember square because there have been activities in the 76th National Cooperative Day (Harkopnas) series since Wednesday morning with a healthy road agenda and a number of MSMEs filling the stands to enliven the activity until the afternoon.
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