205 households where hit by Strong winds in
Lujjabwa fishing village, Butulume parish, Mazinga sub-county, Kyamuswa
constituency, in kalangala District. The disaster happened between 4:00 am and
7:00am in the morning of 14th march 2013. This followed heavy rains
that started late in the night, that continued up to 1:00pm.
The Branch RCAT team of 6 members led by
the Branch manager and also the O.C marine kalangala police station was sent to
carry out an assessment which included the followings;
These winds are commonly known as “Ensoke”
in the fishing community (sychron). The
wind blow 75 houses into the lake and got drowned completely. 79 were destroyed
but not drowned in the lake, while 51 were partially destroyed with blowing off
the roofs and taking them to the forest and the lake.
This kind of wind comes like a rainbow with
light winds which suddenly become strong and lives nothing in the trend it
takes, leading to excess destructions due to extra force.
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