Hailstorm
hits Lao Cai again, leaving 2 injured
Two days after the first hailstorm
hit northern Lao Cai Province and injured 26 people, the second broke out
there yesterday, leaving over 100 houses damaged and and two people wounded,
authorities reported.
The hailstorm, together with a
vortex, occurred at 2 am Friday in three communes and a town of low-lying Bao
Yen District and lasted for about 30 minutes, the district People’s Committee
said.
With hailstones as large as aldults’ fists or bowls,
the hailstorm knocked down four houses and damaged more than 100
others. In addition, nin hectares of rice, a school and a health center were
also seriously damaged in the hailstorm.
According to reports from the affected areas, at least
two people were injuried in the disaster, of whom one suffered from spine
trauma, said Do Le Tin, chairman of the committee .
As reviously reported, a hailstorm with hailstones as large as 8-10 cm in diameter hit 26
communes and towns in Muong Khuong District, 50 km from
More than 10,500 houses have been damaged, many trees
and crops were destroyed, and at least 26 people were injured in the storm,
according to the National Search and Rescue Committee.
Another hailstorm occurred the same day in three
districts of Ha Giang Province, which borders Lao Cai, damaging about 80
houses, the committee said.
Le Thanh Hai, deputy director of the
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Thứ Bảy, 30 tháng 3, 2013
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