Heavy rain accompanied by tornadoes blew off the roofs of 9 houses in Lam Dong

    Duy Tuấn |

    Lam Dong - Heavy rain accompanied by tornadoes caused 9 houses in Ham Thuan Nam commune to have their roofs blown off and property damaged.

    At about 1:30 pm on August 18, heavy rain accompanied by tornadoes appeared in Ham Thuan Nam commune, causing damage to many houses.

    According to initial statistics, 9 houses had their roofs blown off, and some assets inside were damaged. Among them, the house of Ms. Kieu Thi Le (born 1970, Minh Thanh village) was the most severely damaged.

    About 120 m2 of Ms. Le's roof was blown off. Many groceries were damaged, and a bedroom also collapsed.

    Mái tôn của nhà dân do mưa lớn kèm lốc xoáy cuốn bay. Ảnh: Phạm Duy
    Corrugated iron roofs of people's houses were blown away by heavy rain and tornadoes. Photo: Pham Duy

    The remaining households had their roofs blown off, walls cracked, power poles broken and the power grid system affected.

    Immediately after the natural disaster occurred, the government of Ham Thuan Nam commune came to the scene to support people in cleaning up and moving property to a safe place.

    Nhiều nhà dân có mái tôn bị hư hỏng nặng. Ảnh: Phạm Duy
    Many houses with corrugated iron roofs were heavily damaged. Photo: Pham Duy

    Mr. Nguyen Dinh Ha, Vice Chairman of Ham Thuan Nam Commune People's Committee, said that the locality is continuing to statistically assess damage, encourage people to overcome the consequences and gradually stabilize their lives.

    Fortunately, the tornado did not cause any casualties.

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