Heavy rain destroys houses

Heavy rain destroys houses

PURBALINGGA, C. Java: Heavy rain and torrential winds
destroyed Friday 18 houses in Karangambas village, Padamara
subdistrict, Antara reported Saturday.

No casualties were reported.

An official at the regency's natural disaster management unit
estimated that millions of rupiah of losses had been incurred in
the storm.

"We were very happy when the rain first came (after severe
drought over the last five months), but we were later horrified
when we saw our houses being torn down one by one by the strong
winds," one resident was quoted as saying. (aan)