NDMA extends aid to six houses damaged in whirlwind

National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has said that they are extending assistance to six houses that sustained damage in the whirlwind in MaradhooFeydhoo this morning. 

NDMA said that the damages caused to the six houses are being assessed, and arrangements are being made to provide assistance in collaboration with the Addu City Council. 

An NDMA official said that the ward office and MNDF are working on repairing the roofs of these houses. Residents of these houses also need temporary shelter and meal arrangements, they said. 

Khalida Mohamed, MaradhooFeydhoo Councilor on the Addu City Council, said that the whirlwind occurred at around 9am this morning. 

It caused wall collapses and roofs being blown away in a number of houses, Khalida said. However, no injuries were reported.