Huge hail in Son La, after 2 hours the rocks were still as big as a bowl

(PLO)- A huge hailstorm in Son La this afternoon destroyed crops and people’s houses.

On the evening of April 24, talking to PLO, Mr. Nguyen Hop Cuong, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Van Ho district, Son La province, said that a battle had just occurred in the area. hail very big.

Over the phone, Mr. Cuong informed that this afternoon’s hail storm was very dangerous, occurring at about 4:00 p.m. to about 5:00 p.m. the same day.

Hail concentrated in three villages of Co Cham, Lung Xa, Ta De of Long Luong commune.

After the rain stopped, the Van Ho district authorities went to the village and still saw rocks the size of a bowl lying in the tomato beds, the amount of rocks was very thick.

Quick statistics from Van Ho district show that the heavy hail did not cause any human damage, but caused about 20 houses with fibro cement roofs to be punctured, not to mention the amount of crops destroyed.

The authorities of Van Ho district will estimate the damage tonight, but the district leader also said that with the tomato beds hit by hail, there will basically be no harvest.

Also today, thunderstorms, tornadoes and hail occurred in Viet Tri city and Lam Thao and Cam Khe districts of Phu Tho province.

Statistics from the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control of Phu Tho province show that this afternoon’s thunderstorms damaged 11 houses in Lam Thao district and lost their roofs, while 17 educational institutions in Viet Tri and Lam Thao were damaged. damaged, unroofed,

The thunderstorm also blew off the roofs of many brick kilns in Cam Khe district, many hectares of rice and crops of people, and broken electric poles… total damage was estimated at about 9.6 billion VND.

Currently, the two local authorities are assessing the damage and supporting people to overcome the consequences.