Antara News, Sunday, September 19, 2010 17:56 WIB
Bandung, W Java, (ANTARA News) - Strong whirlwind that hit five hamlets of Jelekong village, Baleendah sub-district, Bandung district, West Java, on Friday, damaged 568 houses, authorities said.
The natural disaster seriously affected the lives of 2,372 residents and the Bandung district government had distributed humanitarian aids and provided the victims with medication.
Head of Jelekong village Deden Nur Ramdani said here Saturday that his men had received the district government`s humanitarian packages to be distributed to the victims.
Among the damaged houses, four were almost destroyed and 28 others got medium damages.
Ramdani said 20 kilograms of rice and 20 boxes of instant noodle were received from the Bandung district government`s social welfare office.
However, his people did need construction materials for fixing their damaged houses, he said.
In connection with this need, he said he had asked the related authorities to provide the victims with construction materials, such as cement, sand, woods, and bricks, so that they could soon fix their houses.
Along with the sub-district government`s officials, his men had assessed the material losses that the victims had suffered and real condition of their damaged houses, he said.
The whirlwind hit Jelekong village`s areas on Friday at 05.00 pm but there were no reports of fatalities in the disaster, he said.
The extreme weather phenomena, such as whirlwinds and heavy rains, have been hitting various parts of Indonesia for months this year.
As a result of heavy rains showering some parts of Indonesia, for instance, flash floods inundated different parts of the country this week.
In South Jakarta, the flash floods inundated a few hundreds of houses in some housing complexes as a result of heavy rainfall last Tuesday.
Houses in housing complexes like Pondok Jaya, Mampang, and Pulo Raya Petogogan Road, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, reportedly remained submerged on early Wednesday.
The height of the flood waters was expected to reach between one meter and one and half meter in such housing complexes as Pondok Jaya and Petogogan village.
Sudden flooding was also experienced by hundreds of people in Totobo village, Pomalaa sub-district, Kolaka district, Southeast Sulawesi Province.
Due to heavy rains, about 200 houses and tens of hectares of paddy fields in the village were also submerged.
Unlike the flash floods in the provinces of Banten and Jakarta, the flood water in Totobo village was mixed with mud.
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