2010-01-06 04:58:05 - Tornado - Indonesia EDIS CODE: TO-20100106-24450-IDN
Date & Time: 2010-01-06 04:58:05 [UTC]
Area: Indonesia, East Java, , Bondowoso Number of death person(s): 1
Damage level: Heavy (Level 3)
Not confirmed information! Description: An Indonesian farmer was killed after he was struck by lightning when a tornado wreaked havoc on his village of Bondowoso, East Java, on Tuesday evening. Tornadoes also hit other areas in East Java and West Java. A villager who saw the incident said the farmer, Burawi, was not aware of the approaching tornado because he was busy working in his paddy field. The tornado came with heavy rain and strong winds. Villagers said it struck for less than five minutes but more than 80 houses were damaged. A school also collapsed completely. Fortunately nobody was injured because the students had already gone home. In Pasuruan, a tornado damaged 53 houses in six villages on Tuesday. The tornado also caused tens of trees to fall down in the streets of the East Java town, triggering traffic delays for hours. In Bandung, West Java, 90 houses were damaged by a tornado. Siti Kartini, a resident in Landean Girang village, cried upon seeing her house turned to ruins. Siti and her husband are poor and she asked for the local government to help her rebuild the house because they did not have any money. The Metereology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency wrote on its Web site that heavy rains and strong winds in most areas of Indonesia were being caused by low pressure winds in the Timor Sea, southeast of North Nusa Tenggara and southwest of the Lampung Sea. Officials also closed Ketapang Harbor in Banyuwangi, East Java, and Gilimanuk Harbour in Bali for safety reasons on Tuesday evening due to low visability, strong winds and heavy rain.
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