Cirebon, West Java (ANTARA News) - A whirlwind hit Kalisari village, Losari Subdistrict, Cirebon District, on Monday at around 8.30 pm local time, damaging at least 260 houses.
Five residents were seriously injured and three other were slightly wounded when 18 houses collapsed due to the whirlwind.
The five seriously injured residents were being treated at Losari community health center on Tuesday, while another was rushed to Gunung Jati Hospital.
The whirlwind which was for the first time ever hit Kalisari, lasted for about 10 minutes, Badruddin, a spokesman of Kalisari village, said.
Meanwhile, Kalisari`s community welfare office was expected to set up a public kitchen to help provide food to the whirlwind`s victims on Tuesday at noon.
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