A puting beliung ( whirlwind) harmed at least five houses in North Central Timor regency, East Nusa Tenggara, on Saturday.
The strong winds hit Humusu Saniup village in North Insana district, North Central Timor, at 11 a.m. regional time.
” The whirlwind was accompanied by heavy rain,” North Central Timor Disaster Mitigation Firm (BPBD) head Yosefina Lake said on Sunday, as reported by kompas.com
No casualties were reported. Impacted citizens took shelter in the homes of their loved ones and next-door neighbors.
Yosefina stated authorities had yet to calculate the product losses brought on by the whirlwind, however she estimated that the recovery would cost numerous countless rupiah.
” Emergency situation disaster aid will be paid out on Monday in the type of zinc roofing and staple foods,” she said.
On Thursday, a strong whirlwind caused heavy damage to about 50 houses in Gunung Kidul regency, Yogyakarta. The event did not result in casualties, but citizens were required to take shelter, Kompas TV reported.
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has actually warned the general public about the ongoing La Niña climactic phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean, which tends to trigger severe weather condition, consisting of whirlwinds, in the archipelago. ( trn)