Strong winds damage nearly 30 Ramadan stalls at Labuan Walk

LABUAN: Strong winds damaged nearly 30 Ramadan bazaar stalls at Labuan Walk, here, early today.

Also affected were several stalls in other bazaars at the bus and taxi terminal of Labuan Sentral Market and Kg Layang-Layangan.

The intermittent strong winds with heavy rain which started Saturday morning and associated with the tropical storm (Linfa) that hit Luzon, Philippines, are forecasted to persist until Wednesday.

Despite the damage, no casualties were reported.

A check by Bernama found the structures of two stalls perched on a tree after being blown off by the strong winds.

"A strong wind suddenly hit the bazaar. We could only watch in shock what was happening. Despite the scary situation, I was still able to help rearrange the stall canopies that had been blown off," said Roslan S. who witnessed the incident.

"The wind blew off more than 20 canopies. Fortunately when the incident occurred, the traders had already gone home," said Roslan who works at the Blue Wave Lounge, near the Labuan Walk bazaar.

A parked vehicle at the Financial Park Complex was also damaged in the incident after debris from the building fell onto the vehicle. – Bernama