Antara News, Thursday, November 26, 2009 19:00 WIB
Sidoarjo, E Java (ANTARA News) - A Whirlwind destroyed hundreds of residents` houses in three villages of Kesamben and Wunut, Porong subdistrict and Kalisampurno of Tanggulangin subdistrict, East Java, on Thursday.
Sudarmaji of Wunut village said that some of the houses were flattened while some others had their roofs blown off by the whirlwind. "It happened so quickly. The whirlwind lasted for only about 15 minutes but the damage it caused is massive," he said.
He said that the whirlwind began at 4 pm and lasted for about 15 minutes during which it was able to blow down houses and blow off their roofs.
"Some of the houses were flattened while the walls of some others collapsed," he said adding it was drizzling before the whirlwind hit the villages all of a sudden.
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