Dak Lak: Tornado rips off roofs of 4 houses, one person injured

On the morning of August 6, Mr. Vo Ba Dat, Chairman of the People's Committee of Son Thanh Commune (Dak Lak Province), said that the locality is urgently overcoming the consequences of the storm that occurred on the evening of August 5, which caused the roofs of 4 houses to be blown off, 2 electric poles to fall, and one person to be injured.

Tornado blew off the roofs of many houses in Son Thanh commune.

According to initial information, the tornado and heavy rain that occurred in Son Tho village, Son Thanh commune happened suddenly, when many people traveling by motorbike had to find shelter. A gas station employee was injured when a piece of corrugated iron was blown away by the wind and cut his body.

Recently, the eastern part of Dak Lak province has been experiencing extremely hot weather. Therefore, when storms and tornadoes occur, people are unable to react in time.

Local authorities are coordinating with forces to support affected households, while also collecting statistics and proposing timely support plans.

MAI CUONG

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/dak-lak-giong-loc-lam-toc-mai-4-can-nha-mot-nguoi-bi-thuong-post807068.html