10 people died, 80 were injured in storms

By the evening of June 24, heavy rains and tornadoes had killed 10 people, injured 80 people, and more than a thousand houses collapsed or blown away. On the night of 24/6, the storm poured into Hai Phong - Nam Dinh and weakened into a tropical depression .

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Talking to VnExpress , Mr. Le Van Hien, deputy director of Hai Phong Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the tornado in the evening of June 23 has killed 7 people. Among them, 5 people were struck by lightning, one was pushed into a pond by a whirlwind and a pregnant woman was crushed by a tree.

At the end of the afternoon, the area of ​​An Lu commune, Trung Ha (Thuy Nguyen) dark sky, thunder and lightning, dark clouds dancing. At around 17:00 in the area at the end of Trung Ha commune, adjacent to An Lu commune suddenly appeared a tornado, funnel-shaped wind, strong wind, huge speed sweeping along An Lu commune area near the north bank of the River Forbidden, range 500 m, lasting 3 km with awe-inspiring wind. After that, the rain poured down.

People in An Lu commune collect furniture in a house torn by a tornado.

Although it only happened for a few minutes, the whirlwind left great consequences. Wherever the tornado devastates houses, gardens, public buildings and infrastructure systems there. More than 1,000 houses, classrooms were roofed or collapsed; Hundreds of green trees, high-voltage and low-voltage electric poles were broken. Many families were swept away by supplies and livestock .

In addition to those killed, in An Lu commune (Thuy Nguyen), about 80 people were injured, half of them seriously injured. According to Le Van Hien, by the afternoon of June 24, basically the scene where the tornado devastated was cleared. Many houses have been roofed. The grid in this area has been restored.

Office of the Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control and Search and Rescue of Nam Dinh province said that 3 people were struck by thunderstorms due to storms. The whirlwind occurred in Nam Truc district on June 23 evening, speeding the roof of 54 houses. The local government supported each person with 4 million dong of lightning.

In Nam Dinh, rain appeared from the evening of April 23 and lasted on June 24 with a popular rainfall of 120 mm. Nam Truc district alone rained over 200 mm.

After landing this evening, the storm weakened into low pressure and caused heavy rain
in many northern provinces and northern central provinces.

The central hydro-meteorological center said that in the afternoon of June 24, Typhoon Haima approached the coastal areas of Hai Phong - Nam Dinh provinces with strong winds of level 8, level 9-10.

In the next 12 hours, the storm moves in the direction of west and west southwest with a speed of 10-15km per hour, going to the mainland tonight and weakening into a tropical depression. In the morning of June 25, the tropical low pressure center is located in the southern provinces of the Northern Delta with the wind down to level 6, level 7 jerking. Upper Laos on the afternoon of June 25.

Influence of storms causes the Gulf of Tonkin to have strong winds of level 6-7, the area near the center of storm level 8, level 9-10; strong seas with heavy rain, strong thunderstorms; In the storm, there should be a tornado. Coastal Quang Ninh-Ninh Binh provinces have strong winds from level 6 or higher; South of the Northern Delta has strong winds of level 5-7. North and North Central have rain from moderate to very heavy rain and scattered with thunderstorms. Mountainous areas need to prevent flash floods and landslides.

Due to the effects associated with the operation of the southwest monsoon in the middle and southern part of the South China Sea (including the waters of the Spratly Islands), offshore provinces of Binh Thuan and Ca Mau have strong winds of level 5-6, level 7 jerk.

By 13h on June 24, rainfall measured in the eastern provinces of the North and North Central region is 50-100mm popular, some higher places such as: Phu Lien (Hai Phong) and Cuc Phuong (Ninh Binh) over 130 mm; central Hanoi: 120 mm, Yen Dinh (Thanh Hoa) 140 mm; Bai Thuong (Thanh Hoa): 160 mm . In Bach Long Vi island, measured level 8 strong winds, level 9 jerks; Co To (Quang Ninh) has strong wind level 7, shock level 9; Quang Ninh-Thai Binh coast level 5-6, shock level 7-8.

In Nghe An, three fishing vessels were sunk due to the evening of June 23, a person is still missing.