Storm damages houses in Bandung

Storm damages houses in Bandung

Yuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung

Heavy rain and gale-force winds hit the West Java capital of
Bandung on Sunday, damaging dozens of houses in Baleendah, some
20 kilometers south of the city.

No injuries or casualties were reported in the storm, which
occurred at 2:15 p.m.

Rina Agustin, a resident from Baleendah village, said the
storm lasted 20 minutes, leaving many house roofs damaged and
dozens of trees uprooted.

"It happened very fast. Most people remained in their houses
because it was raining heavily outside," Rina said.

Baleendah Police chief Comr. Fama Dachi said a Corona sedan
belonging to local resident Ade Pahala was reported damaged by a
fallen tree on Jl. RAA Wiranatakusumah.

"We have had no reports of casualties by this (Sunday)
afternoon," Fama said.

Nor were there reports of losses caused by storm.

The affected houses were located in at least two housing
complexes in the villages of Baleendah and Andir, residents said.

Meanwhile, flooding hit three more districts in Cirebon
regency, West Java, on Saturday, inundating hundreds of hectares
of paddy and hundreds of residential houses.

The three districts hit by floodwaters are Lemahabang, Karang
Sembung and Astanajapura, Antara reported.

The flooding occurred a day after heavy rains pounded the area
and the nearby Cimanis and Singaraja rivers overflowed.

The flooding also cut traffic in the Sindanglaut area in
Cirebon for three hours on Saturday, disrupting traffic between
Cirebon and Central Java province. Water on the roads in
Sindanglaut were reportedly one meter deep.

No fatalities were reported as of Saturday evening.