Big hail 'never seen' lasted two hours in Quang Nam

Hail with white thunderstorms deleted 4 highland communes of Quang Nam province. Stone beads are as big as chicken eggs but according to the people, they have never seen such a big battle.

Around 11:00 on April 23, hail appeared in Tr'hy commune and spread to the communes of A Xan, Chôm and Ga Ry of the highland district of Tay Giang (Quang Nam)."Localities reported that all four communes were cleared by the rain. They said they had never seen any hail of any length and so long," said Le Hoang Linh, Vice Chairman of Tay Giang District People's Committee.

People caught hail in Chom.(Photo: CTV).

According to Mr. Linh, hail appears the biggest in Chom commune, lasting 2 hours and with thunderstorms."Some houses with corrugated iron have been broken. However, the most serious damage is crops, especially, ginseng is almost crushed after the rain," Linh added and said the district is sending officials go to verify the damage, initially have not recorded casualties on people.

Mr. Ho Dac Vinh, Chairman of Ch'om commune described a number of rocks falling as big as a chicken egg, the rest with his big toe."Horrified. Never witnessed this scene. Some people panicked and ran into the house , " said Vinh.

According to the border forces stationed in Ga Ry border commune, hail in Ga Ry is not as big as Ch'om commune but thunderstorms are strong, lasting for many hours. Many houses were rattled by wind. In the mountains, some areas where people are burning fields for cultivation are covered with white.

Earlier one day, 9 out of 11 communes of Quang Dien district (Thua Thien - Hue) also caught a hail of nearly half an hour making 700 hectares of crops damaged.

Large marble balls of hail occurred in many communes in Quang Dien district in the evening of April 22.(Photo: Mỹ Duyên).

Quang Phu and Quang Vinh are two severely damaged communes with 8 houses with roofs and hundreds of hectares of rice and sugarcane falling and breaking their bodies and seeds.

"Luckily there was no damage to people. According to the people, for over 40 years, they have witnessed such a great intensity of hail" , Mr. Hoang Vong, Deputy Head of Agriculture Department of Quang Dien District (Thua Thien - Hue ) said and said the authorities are implementing a plan to support people with severe losses.

Earlier a few days, tornadoes accompanied by hail poured through Phong Hien commune, Phong Dien district has made more than 300 houses to be roofed.(Photo: Dac Duc).

Recently, hail appeared in many provinces such as Binh Dinh and Thua Thien - Hue, Quang Nam, Quang Tri, Son La, Yen Bai, Lao Cai, Cao Bang, Tuyen Quang as a dead person, at least 4,000 House and many crops are damaged.