Tornado 'swept away' more than 10 billion VND in Thanh Chuong

A strong tornado, accompanied by hail and thunder, occurred at around 5 p.m. on May 15, causing great damage to people's property and crops and damaging some infrastructure works in the district, in which the most severely damaged communes were Phong Thinh, Thanh Lien, Thanh Hoa... Photo: Huy Thu

Many large old trees have fallen, crushing people's houses. In the photo, a house in Lien Son hamlet, Phong Thinh commune has a corner crushed by a large canarium tree. Photo: Huy Thu

Strong winds, accompanied by hail, collapsed 3 houses (02 houses in Phong Thinh commune, 01 house in Thanh Lien commune); 151 houses had their roofs blown off, severely damaged by fallen trees (84 houses, 67 livestock barns).. Photo: Huy Thu

Hundreds of proximang roofing sheets and nearly 900 square meters of corrugated iron roofing were damaged by the wind. Some corrugated iron roofs were 70 - 100 square meters wide.2was blown over the house or into the neighbor's garden by the wind. Photo: Huy Thu

The wind broke and felled 40 electric poles (7 high-voltage poles, 33 low-voltage poles), collapsed 4 student parking lots (Thanh Lien Secondary School), blew off the roofs of 3 classrooms (1 functional room of Thanh Hoa Primary School, 1 music room of Thanh Lam Secondary School, 1 security room of Kim Lam Secondary School), and lightning caused short circuits, fires, and damaged many teaching and learning equipment of the schools. Photo: Huy Thu

On May 16, Mr. Trinh Van Nha - Standing Deputy Secretary of Thanh Chuong District Party Committee visited and encouraged people in localities affected by tornadoes, promptly directing the work of overcoming the consequences. Photo: Huy Thu

Workers are repairing the power grid in Thanh Lien commune field. Photo: Huy Thu

The total area of ​​damaged crops is 1,272 hectares, including rice, corn, acacia... Many fruit trees and old trees were broken. The total initial damage as of 11:00 a.m. on May 16 was over 10 billion VND. Photo: Huy Thu

Promoting the spirit of mutual love, people in localities affected by the tornado are joining hands to overcome the consequences. By the afternoon of May 16, some families whose roofs were blown off had repaired their houses, while some families with severe damage (houses collapsed, trees falling on their houses) were urgently recovering. Photo: Huy Thu

In Thanh Lien commune, local youth mobilized dozens of youth union members to participate in labor, repair houses, clear village roads, and harvest rice to help people. Photo: Huy Thu