Families moved to shelters as strong winds rip roofs off Muraidhoo homes

People living in two homes in HA. Muraidhoo were moved to temporary shelters on Friday, as strong winds and torrential rain caused damage to multiple homes as well as the office of the local council.

Muraidhoo Council’s vice president Abdul Kareem Ali told Sun that winds ripped the roof off the council building, leading to rain damage to the equipment inside a meeting room, including a 75-inch TV, air conditioning system and computer system in the meeting room.

The incident also resulted in the power going out in the building.

Abdul Kareem said the council managed to repair the damage, restore power and have the building back in running order at around 09:00 pm.

Strong winds also ripped the roofs off and caused damage to multiple homes.

Abdul Kareem said the council has visited the damaged homes, out of which two were deemed uninhabitable. The people living in the two homes have been provided temporary shelter.

Meanwhile, the council has repaired damage to three other homes.

“The homes where the roofs were completely ripped off suffered massive damages. The roof of some of the homes got blow some 200 feet away and damaged other homes. Given the significant damage, we hope to get the assistance of the National Disaster Management Authority once we report the details regarding the damages,” said Abdul Kareem.

He said that the council received huge support from the police, employees of the Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC), as well as local residents in repairing the damage.

He thanked everyone for their help.

Local Government Minister Adam Shareef Umar told Sun that the ministry is monitoring the islands which is suffering damages in the current spell of bad weather.

He provided assurance the ministry will collaborate with councils to provide assistance to the affected islands.

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The current spell of bad weather as been attributed to the strengthening of the active Southwest Monsoon, locally known as the Hulhangu Monsoon. It has unleashed strong winds, widespread rain, and rough seas.

The bad weather conditions are expected to last through Sunday.