Strong winds damage 187 homes in Bandung Barat, injure 3
BPBD also recorded damage to 12 public facilities, with 34 homes heavily damaged across six villages in Batujajar District.
Strong winds damaged 187 homes in Batujajar District, Bandung Barat Regency, West Java, on Friday (13/11/2026) afternoon and injured three residents. Preliminary data as of 11:00 p.m. WIB showed 34 homes heavily damaged, 48 moderately damaged and 105 lightly damaged. Damage also affected 12 public facilities.
The impact of the disaster was spread across six villages: Batujajar Barat, Batujajar Timur, Selacau, Galanggang, Pangauban and Cangkorah. The most common damage was to roofs blown away or destroyed by the wind, while some buildings were hit by fallen trees. Among the injured, two people suffered serious wounds and one had minor injuries.
BPBD Kabupaten Bandung Barat, along with the subdistrict administration, village governments, TNI-Polri, PMI, firefighters, PLN, volunteers and residents, began clearing fallen trees and debris. Residents' urgent needs include supplies, tarpaulins, asbestos sheets and roof tiles.