Accompanied Waterspout Lightning

Two Villages Shambles, One Killed

• Dozens of houses apart on the Village Air Anyer and  Jada Barin

• The loss of tens of millions

Air Anyer-wind storm back crashing Bangka Island. This time it struck the village Air Anyer and Jada Barin, Merawang District, Bangka Regency Wednesday, April 21, 2010 around 13:30 o'clock. A messy house died and tens of falling trees. In addition, it appears also electricity poles collapsed. Cables were strewn across the road. Losses can not be estimated, but the expected tens of millions.

Is Rudi, 14 years old, junior high school students 2 Merawang, must accept the reality. He died instantly, when a flash of lightning that was blaring grabbed him as he tried to stay under Pesantran Sabilul Mukhtadin Merawang kwh. His body looked black. Burned. Strong winds accompanied by lightning at that time.

"We are quite surprised too, when lightning is quite kerar grabbed kwh Sabilul Mukhtadin and at the same time Islamic School of Rudi, and his body turned black immediately," said Yunita, a teacher at the Pesanteran Sabilul Mukhtadin, told Metro Bangka Belitung Wednesday, April 21, 2010. She said she saw the incident immediately when the flash is quite strong snatched kwh and followed by the sound of the explosion.

According Sahirman, Head of the Social Service Bangka Belitung Islands Province, as confirmed Metro Bangka Belitung also confirmed the death toll of disaster that struck the village of nipple belituang Jada Barin.

"Yes indeed there is a student lives in the village of Barin Jada," he said.

Meanwhile, of the Village Water Anyer reported no casualties but a lot of damaged homes.

Some villagers interviewed by Metro Water Anyer Bangka Belitung admitted quite surprised because the strong winds come suddenly. They confessed, strong winds came after heavy rains flushed down the village.

"Previously, about 12:00 o'clock in torrential rain for the interlude of thunder kept blaring. After the rain began to subside thunderous voice, suddenly from the west wind swirling jet black color started to hit the woods behind our stall, "explained Sarkoni food stall owner in the Village Water Anyer.

The roar of high winds that toppled several large trees directly that is not far from the diner Sarkoni. Seeing the fallen tree, he yelled for his men out of the stall.

After crashing Sarkoni diner owned, directly cyclone turned toward the east that many residents home. Some residents of the house walls were made of wooden boards shattered directly hit the rotating wind tight. Roof immediately fly home residents uprooted by the tornado.

"In addition to my house tens of banana tree trunk is no longer falling but uprooted and taken straight to fly. Genting completely shattered my house, " explained Red housewife named this.

Now the furniture in his house would have a plastic base so as not to get wet especially electronic goods. Lucky fate suffered by 70-year-old grandmother named Temple c. Indun. Right next to his wood-paneled house a petai tree five feet in diameter uprooted. How lucky the house is not affected.

"Grandma, just found out after returning home, was ancuk negok dapuk-berancuk, fallen tree partially dapuk befallen me, I fit the wind kenceng middle child in the house," explained Indun.

Haji Mohammad, Head of Village Water Anyer explained, that incident was the first tornado struck the Water Anyer but lucky no casualties. "Throughout the history of the Air Anyer, only this time the tornado hit," he said.

Meanwhile, Anthony MZ, Camat Merawang, say, due to storm, dozens of shattered homes.

"We're coordinating with the Government of Bangka Regency surrounding this incident, and no data loss," he said. (M-Kob/M-108)