Lam Dong: Heavy rain and tornado, many people injured, dozens of houses damaged

Lam Dong Provincial People's Committee said on the morning of July 22 that due to the impact of storm No. 3 combined with heavy rain and tornadoes, the locality has recorded serious damage on a large scale. Up to now, 24 communes and wards have been severely affected.

Fallen tree crushed a car in Xuan Huong ward - Da Lat ( Lam Dong )

From 10am on July 21, the province experienced prolonged heavy rains, accompanied by strong tornadoes, injuring 2 people, damaging 76 houses; nearly 20ha of greenhouses and net houses for growing crops collapsed; many vehicles such as cars and motorbikes were damaged. The total damage was estimated at over 13 billion VND.

Some areas with heavy damage include: Son My commune (roofs blown off 18 houses), Phu Thuy ward (roofs blown off 4 houses), Quang Lap commune (nearly 16 hectares of greenhouses damaged).

Many houses in Ham Kiem commune, Son My (Lam Dong province) had their roofs blown off.

Faced with the above situation, the Provincial People's Committee issued an urgent dispatch, requesting departments, branches and localities to proactively inspect the scene, handle incidents and support people to overcome the consequences of natural disasters.

The Department of Agriculture and Environment is assigned to coordinate in calculating the damage and guiding people to prepare support documents according to regulations. In cases beyond their capacity, localities must synthesize and report to the Provincial People's Committee for consideration.

Trees fell on the road in Lam Dong province

At the same time, the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism requested tourism and service establishments to proactively implement measures to ensure absolute safety for tourists, in the context of complicated developments of storm No. 3 (Wipha).

TIEN THANG - DOAN KIEN

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/lam-dong-mua-lon-kem-loc-xoay-nhieu-nguoi-bi-thuong-hang-chuc-nha-bi-hu-hong-post804849.html