Tornado damages dozens houses in Banjarbaru

The incident took place briefly in the form of strong winds followed by heavy rain that hit the surrounding area and damaged dozens of houses in two neighborhood units (RT),

Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan (AntaranewsKalsel) - Tornado winds damaging dozens of houses in Banjarbaru City, South Kalimantan, including an iconic house "Rumah Jomblo" thrown and badly damaged.

The acting head of the Banjarbaru Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) Johar Arifin here Wednesday said the incident took place at around 15:00 pm.

"The incident took place briefly in the form of strong winds followed by heavy rain that hit the surrounding area and damaged dozens of houses in two neighborhood units (RT)," he said.

He said the number of damaged houses spread on RT 5 were eight houses damaged, 3 houses were badly damaged and 5 houses were slightly damaged.

While the damage in RT 1, were three severely damaged because the roof was flown by strong winds and two lightly damaged houses.

According to him, the agency has dropped directly to the location of the disaster that entered the Sub-district of Cempaka. Itproviding assistance to disaster victims.

"The aid that we submitted were the tarpaulin of BNPB 10 sheets to the citizens of RT 5 and 2 sheets of blanket, those are first aid have given," he said.

The natural phenomenon that occurred during the transitional season also made the "House of Jomblo", which is quite iconic in Banjarbaru because it is located just above the former excavation, flown by the wind.

The wooden house at the top of the excavation land fell to the lower side and severely damaged by the wind blows.

"The house was badly damaged by falling from a height of about 15 meters, but the housing developer promised to rebuild with stronger construction," he said.

The loss of "Rumah Jomblo" became a hot conversation in social media because there was a dissemination of photos and narrations related to the destruction of the iconic house of Banjarbaru.