By this night, we are still managing the impact of the whirlwind in North Bekasi Sub-district, Bekasi City
Bekasi, W Java – A whirlwind hit a minimum of 109 houses in Kaliabang Tengah in Bekasi City, east of Jakarta, on Friday, according to the Bekasi City Disaster Mitigation Firm (BPBD).
” By this night, we are still managing the impact of the whirlwind in North Bekasi Sub-district, Bekasi City,” Chief of the Bekasi City BPBD Task Force Karsono specified on Friday.
The whirlwind, which struck at around 1 p.m. regional time, affected 2 houses in RT (community unit) 01, 67 homes in RT 05, 7 houses in RT 11, and 33 homes in RT 12.
” Of the 109 homes, 10 houses were completely ruined,” he stated.
Karsono said that the firm will quickly gather information on the residents, whose homes were ravaged, to acquire governmental support.
” We are collaborating with the Social Workplace and the Emergency Situation Reaction System (Tagana). Help will be extended for work on 10 absolutely ruined homes,” he validated.
Some locals displaced by the whirlwind are being protected in tents established by the BPBD.
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