Nghe An: Tornado rips off roofs of dozens of houses, destroys crops

Phan Bien• March 4, 2019 09:23

(Baonghean.vn) - In the early morning of March 4, rain and tornadoes occurred in Giang Son Dong commune, Do Luong district; Tay Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district (Nghe An), causing considerable damage to houses, spring corn fields and raw material crops.

Hàng chục nhà dân bị lốc xoáy tốc mái tại xã Giang Sơn Đông, Đô Lương

The tornado blew off the sturdy tiled roof of a household in Nam Tan hamlet, Giang Son Dong commune (Do Luong), and twisted the corrugated iron sheets backwards. Photo: Ngoc Phuong

According to Ms. Tran Lan Anh, agricultural officerGiang Son Dong commune (Do Luong)People were extremely scared when the tornado suddenly happened, the wind howled very strongly... In addition to the tornado blowing off the roofs of many houses, the tornado also blew away the tiles of dozens of other households.

Many tiled houses were blown away. Photo: Ngoc Phuong

As for Mr. Hoang Huu Truong's family, in addition to the very solid house with its tiled roof blown off, the corrugated iron roofing in front of the house has an area of over 50 square meters.²was swept away by the tornado and blown over a melaleuca hill 100 meters away.

The entire corrugated iron roof of Mr. Hoang Huu Truong's family in Nam Tan hamlet, Giang Son Dong commune was blown away by the tornado more than 100m away. Photo: Ngoc Phuong

The tornado also caused more than 7 hectares of corn and sugarcane to collapse, making it difficult to recover. Some other hamlets in the commune such as Yen Tan hamlet were also affected by the tornado, many trees were broken...

Many corn fields in Giang Son Dong were destroyed by a tornado. Photo: Ngoc Phuong

This morning, Mr. Bui Dang Thu - Chairman of the Commune People's Committee set up a team of officials to go to households to count the damage, and at the same time assigned organizations to focus on cleaning up and overcoming the consequences of the tornado. Fortunately, the tornado did not cause any human damage.

Ngoc Phuong

Heavy rain and storms also damaged more than 60 hectares of spring corn in the area.Tay Thanh commune (Yen Thanh)broken down. In Rang Dong 2 hamlet alone, 7 houses had their roofs blown off; power lines were broken, 5 electric poles were broken. Some areas of ram trees were broken and felled...

The tornado caused more than 60 hectares of spring corn in Tay Thanh commune (Yen Thanh) to collapse. Photo: Phan Hien

Immediately after the tornado, the People's Committee of Tay Thanh commune sent agricultural officers to the commune to grasp the situation, synthesize data, count actual damage and find solutions.