Indonesia investigates after first large-scale tornado strikes

A man stands near damaged houses following a tornado at Sukadana village in Sumedang, West Java province, Indonesia, February 22, 2024, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. - via Reuters

JAKARTA (Reuters): Indonesia was struck by a tornado of a scale previously unrecorded in the country that injured at least 33 people and damaged buildings, government officials said.

After the violent wind swept the town of Sumedang in West Java province on Wednesday, a climatologist at government research body BRIN Erma Yulihastin, said the agency would "reconstruct and investigate the tornado".