A house in Yen Bai is damaged by hail and thunderstorms (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Atleast one person was killed and 14 others injured after hail and thunderstormshit the northern mountainous provinces on March 2 night.
According to the SteeringCommittee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, the hardest hit were YenBai and Ha Giang.
In Ha Giang, a 26-year-oldman died and 10 others got injured, including five incritical conditions, because of electrocution after lightning strokean electric substation in Sung Trai commune, Dong Van district. The whirlwindblew away the roofs of a dozen of houses and damaged about 21 hectares of crops.
Four people were wounded inYen Bai while three houses collapsed and 2,073 houses suffered damage.
The natural disasters alsodestroyed 200 houses and 22 hectares of crops in Lai Chau and blew off the roofs of two houses in Tuyen Quang.
The committee has asked thenorthern and north central provinces to urge people to take precautions against hail and thunderstorms andpromptly address the aftermaths to bring their life back to normalcy.
According to weather forecasts, acold spell is moving towards the north, bringing along heavy showers,thunderstorms and strong wind.
Rain is forecast to engulf north-centraland central regions in coming days.
Temperatures in the north arepredicted to drop to between 15 and 18 degrees Celsius even under 13 in somemountainous areas. However, the cold spell will not last long./.
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A house in Yen Bai is damaged by hail and thunderstorms (Photo: VNA) 
