Whirlwinds hit 11 sub districts in Pinrang District, South Sulawesi Province, on Monday evening, killing one person and injuring another, an official said. "The whirlwinds killed one person, slightly injured another, and damaged 697 houses. The dead victim was Suryani, 40, an inhabitant of Tempa Sub District. She was hit by a falling tree," ANTARA quoted Spokesman of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Sutopo Purwo Nugroho as saying today. The strong wind damaged 66 houses in Wakasawito Sub District, 50 in Materobulu, 135 in Tiroang, 131 in Tempa, 101 in Matero, 47 in Panua, 83 in Ranriskan, 41 in Patapanua, 25 in Lembang, 16 in Paletea, and two in Tupa, he said. Local disaster mitigation officers with the assistance of police and military personnel are currently helping the whirlwind victims clean up the debris. A number of people whose houses were damaged evacuated themselves to relatives' houses.
