Con Cuong: Need to urgently overcome tornado in Mon Son
As reported by Nghe An Newspaper, at around 7:30 p.m. on April 20, 2013, a tornado accompanied by hail caused severe damage in Mon Son Commune (Con Cuong). According to initial statistics from the villages, the total damage was over 5 billion VND, mainly concentrated in Nam Son, Tan Son, and Bac Son villages.
(Baonghean.vn) -As reported by Nghe An Newspaper, at around 7:30 p.m. on April 20, 2013, a tornado accompanied by hail caused severe damage in Mon Son Commune (Con Cuong). According to initial statistics from the villages, the total damage was over 5 billion VND, mainly concentrated in Nam Son, Tan Son, and Bac Son villages.
Nam Son village has 145 households out of 179 households whose houses were affected, 4 houses were completely collapsed. It has been 3 days but the collapsed houses are having to stay with relatives. According to village chief Vi Van Tranh, the entire village lost 20 hectares of flowering corn and the same amount of acacia trees were broken.
Mrs. Ngan Thi Chuong's house (Tan Son village) was also severely damaged. Photo by Huu Vi
In Mon Son, many houses had their roofs blown off and trees uprooted. Photo: Le Thach
Mr. Luong Van Phong (head of Thai Son 2 village) said: The village has 4 houses completely collapsed, 4.6 hectares of corn were broken and could not be recovered. The fallen rice area has been recovered but will certainly affect the yield because the rice had just bloomed a few days before the tornado happened.
In Tan Son village, 6 houses were completely collapsed, including 5 Dan Lai households and 1 Thai household. Most of the houses collapsed during the natural disaster were temporary houses made of bamboo and leaves. Only Mrs. Ngan Thi Chuong's house, which was quite solid and received government assistance under the 167 program, had broken beams and was crooked.
Immediately after the tornado passed, officers and soldiers of Mon Son Border Guard Station, in addition to overcoming the unit's damage, actively coordinated with local authorities to go to the area to help people rebuild their houses, clear fallen trees... At the same time, they counted the damage to propose to competent authorities to help severely damaged households overcome difficulties and soon stabilize their lives.
On the morning of April 23, the People's Committee of Con Cuong district inspected the situation to come up with a plan to support people in the tornado that is considered the most severe in about 30 years in Mon Son commune.
Huu Vi - Le Thach