NORTH KOLAKA, iNews.id – Heavy rain accompanied strong winds damaged nine residential units in the Regency North Kolaka (colut), Southeast Sulawesi (Sultra), Friday (1/11/2024) evening. Not only buildings, electricity poles in Tanggeao Village, Tiwu District also fell and were covered Trans Sulawesi Road local.

According to iNews monitoring, heavy rain and strong winds started at 17.00 WITA. The power outage lasted for hours and the Trans Sulawesi road section was impassable due to electricity cables crisscrossing the road.

PLN officers were immediately at the location carrying out repairs and restoration of the fallen electricity pole network.

Not only that, a wedding tent in Kamisi Village, Kodeoha District was also destroyed by the wind. According to local residents, the stage for the celebration party collapsed just before the wedding was to take place.

Kodeoha Police Chief Ipda Riantho Sarira said that a number of residents' house roofs flew off when the area was hit by heavy rain. The owner ran for safety to take refuge in a safe place for fear of being hit by building materials.

There were seven damaged house units in Mala-Mala Village. The respective owners are named Usman (50), Jufri (50), Nawir (40), Harisah (45), Tamrin (55), Haeruddin (49) and Yuspa (62). Meanwhile, the other one in Koroha Village belongs to Rosdiana (62).

“Specifically in Kodeoha District, a total of eight housing units were damaged,” he said, Saturday (2/11/2024).

He explained that the roof of Usman's house was completely lost with losses estimated at IDR 20 million. Meanwhile, the roof of the Nawir housing complex only partially came off and resulted in a loss of IDR 2 million.

“For the houses of Jufri, Harisah, Tamrin, Haeruddin and Yuspa, the roof was slightly damaged, with losses amounting to IDR 500,000 each,” he said.

Meanwhile, the other house that suffered heavy damage belonged to Rosdiana. The kitchen of his residence was destroyed by the wind and part of the roof of his residence was blown away, causing a loss of IDR 5 million.

Editor: Donald Karouw



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