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December 05, 2011

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One student was killed and 14 were injured when the roof of their school was torn off by strong winds on East Java’s Madura Island, officials said on Sunday.

Twenty-one other buildings were damaged on Saturday when the winds tore through Pamekasan district.

Adj. Comr. Bambang Soegiharto, the chief of police in Tlanakan subdistrict, where the school is located, said the victims were all students at an Islamic school.

“There were 15 students injured, and one of them died,” the officer said.

Most of the victims suffered from broken bones and were treated at the general hospital in Pamekasan, he said.

Strong winds and heavy rains also hit the neighboring subdistricts of Pakong, Kadur and Proppo.

The winds damaged 21 other buildings, mostly houses, in Pakong according to the deputy district head in Pamekasan, Kadarisman Sastrodiwiryo.

In Kadur and Proppo, toppled trees cut off electricity for several hours and led to the closure of the main road linking Pakong with Pamekasan.

“Not even motorcycles could pass through because the road was completely blocked by a tree,” said Achmad Wardi, a resident.

Residents said the wind also brought down a motorcycle repair shop in Bandungan.

“The garage completely collapsed and its roof was blown away by the wind,” Achmad said.

Basri Yulianto, the head of Pamekasan’s disaster mitigation agency, said this was the second time this rainy season that strong winds had caused damage.

In October, a windstorm damaged 52 buildings in Palengaan subdistrict, injuring one man. 

Antara