Raging Tornado devastates villages
Pastor Dale Morgan
*Raging Tornado devastates villages*
From correspondents in Hanoi
June 07, 2007 07:11pm
Article from: Agence France-Presse
A terrifying TORNADO has devastated several villages in northern
Vietnam, killing one person, injuring five others and levelling more
than 70 buildings, officials and state media said today.
The 40m tall whirlwind completely destroyed 57 houses and 19 workshops
yesterday when it ripped through Hung Ha district of Thai Binh province,
causing damage in five communes.
"This is the fiercest tornado hitting the district over the past 20
years,'' Tran Ba Cao, an officer from the Thai Phuong commune people's
committee, said according to the state-run Vietnam News Agency.
Nguyen Phu Nhuan, head of the provincial flood and storm control
committee, said that a 40-year-old man was killed and five others hurt
in the tornado, which lasted about 30 minutes.
Climate experts predict that global warming will bring more severe
weather events to Vietnam, which has a 3200km South China Sea coastline
and suffers scores of typhoons and tornados every year.