On the evening of April 15, Mr. Ndu Ha Bien - Secretary of the Party Committee of Dam Rong 2 commune (Lam Dong province) said that functional forces are urgently supporting households whose houses were collapsed and heavily damaged after the thunderstorm and tornado that occurred in the afternoon of the same day.
Initial information, thunderstorms accompanied by strong gusts of wind occurred in village 2 and Lieng Hung village (Dam Rong 2 commune), causing damage to many households.
Initially, the locality recorded 11 damaged houses, of which 2 completely collapsed, 9 had their roofs blown off. Some power poles were broken and fallen, and many household items of the people were damaged.
Immediately after the tornado occurred, Dam Rong 2 commune mobilized dozens of people including police, military, militia and local forces to the scene to support people.
By late afternoon, functional forces had helped households collect property, clean up the scene, temporarily shelter roofed houses, and relocate heavily damaged households to safe places.
Leaders of Dam Rong 2 commune said that damage statistics are still being continued to soon have appropriate support plans for each household.
At the same time, widespread hail appeared in Dam Rong 1 commune, causing damage to crops and some houses. Dam Rong 1 Commune People's Committee is statistically analyzing damage and deploying support for people.
