Hail appeared in Mai Son commune - Tuong Duong

(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of March 29, a hailstorm suddenly appeared and lasted for more than 1 hour in Mai Son commune, Tuong Duong district, causing damage to many houses and buildings.

Hail appeared in the border commune of Mai Son (Tuong Duong) on ​​the afternoon of March 29.

On the afternoon of March 29, Mr. Lo Dai Duyen - Chairman of the People's Committee of Mai Son Commune, Tuong Duong District (Nghe An) said: "Heavy rain and large hail accompanied by strong winds appeared in our commune for more than 1 hour from 3:00 p.m. this afternoon (March 29). This is the first time our commune has experienced the largest hail ever. Currently, many houses and school buildings in the commune have been damaged by the rain and wind, fortunately there were no casualties. We have not yet fully calculated the damage."

According to Mr. Duyen, the hailstorm lasted for more than an hour with tens of thousands of stones ranging in size from 2-3 cm. This was the first time the border commune of Mai Son had to endure such a situation.

It is known that Mai Son is a remote commune, located on the Vietnam - Laos border, without a car road, without electricity grid, and is a commune facing many difficulties in life today. To get to Mai Son commune, people have to take a dugout canoe on the Nam Non river for nearly a day or have to go around the border belt from Que Phong district to get to the commune center, but it also takes several days.

Nguyen Ngo Phan