Indonesia experienced powerful winds, resulting in injuries to at least 33 individuals.
Strong winds destroyed buildings in the town of Sumedang in West Java province.
Videos on social media show things flying in the air, roofs getting taken off buildings and part of a store falling down.
A weather expert at the government’s BRIN research center said the winds were strong enough to be called a tornado.
“My dad was on the terrace when he saw plastic flying and spinning out of nowhere. ” Shortly after, a powerful wind came close to my house,” said Kay Tiara, who lives in Sumedang, in an interview with Reuters.
“The roof of my house quickly flew off. ” My family and I went inside my house to stay safe,” she said.
Indonesia’s agency for helping with disasters said that no one was seriously hurt. We don’t know how long the winds lasted.
Erma Yulihastin, a scientist who studies weather at BRIN, told the media that she thinks the wind needs to be at least 65kmph (40 mph) for it to be called a tornado.
However, the weather and geography council in Indonesia did not officially say it was.
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Strongest winds ever recorded struck Indonesia
