Whirlwind, hail in Quang Ninh killed 8 people

At 6h45 this morning, Ha Long City suddenly caught a big stone rain, accompanied by thunderstorms. Many ships and boats of fishermen on Ha Long Bay were wrecked, 8 people died on the spot.

The stones lay sprawled on Ha Long street after the whirlwind and hail.(Photo: VNA)

Mr. Chu Van Ninh, directing the Quang Ninh Provincial Steering Committee for Typhoon and Flood Control, announced that in the past 5 years, Ha Long has never been hit by a big hail and the duration lasts up to 20 minutes as bright. now on. The stones were as big as the big toe to hit the ground, destroying many civil works.

Especially dangerous, rains and wind gusts have sunk many boats in Ha Long Bay. By 10:30 this morning, according to preliminary statistics, 8 people died on the spot."The amount of damage has not stopped there because there are many ships in the bay, including cruise ships sunk," Mr. Ninh announced.

Rain has disrupted the electrical system. Even the Office of the Provincial Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Control has lost power from 7:00 am to 10:30 pm, when it has sunshine, electricity has not recovered.

So, in the past 3 days, in the North, hailstones and thunderstorms continuously appeared. Yesterday, outside Hanoi, in Tuyen Quang, Phu Tho also appeared this phenomenon. Earlier one day (November 19), in Bac Kan, Hoa Binh and Lai Chau also caught heavy hail.

Hong Khanh