At regarding 18:15 on February 4, in Dien Bien Phu city (Dien Bien province) unusual hail, thunderstorms, and local flooding occurred.
Specifically, thunderstorms attach hail lasted for regarding 15 minutes. The hailstones are only regarding the size of a finger, but the intensity is quite thick, causing many areas to be covered with a thick white layer of ice.
Thunderstorms, hail caused some trees on the streets to be broken and fallen; Many areas of people’s gardens and crops were crushed.
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Due to heavy rain accompanied by whirlwinds, some streets such as Truong Chinh and Vo Nguyen Giap were partially flooded, causing difficulties for vehicles participating in traffic.
Some points were flooded, causing local traffic jams; Many households living and doing business on both sides of the road were flooded with water.
Vo Nguyen Giap road in Dien Bien Phu city was flooded. (Photo: broadcast by VNA)Currently, the Commanding Committee for Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue of Dien Bien province is coordinating with relevant authorities to verify and assess damage and help people overcome the problem.
The Hydrometeorological Station of Dien Bien province warned that the area of clouds causing rain, showers and thunderstorms will move to the west of Dien Bien district.
In the evening of February 4, this cloud area continued to grow and expand, causing showers and thunderstorms for the districts of Dien Bien, Muong Ang, Tuan Giao, Tua Chua and Dien Bien Phu city. In thunderstorms need to watch out for tornadoes, lightning and strong winds. Warning level of natural disaster risk caused by tornado, lightning, hail level 1.
Xuan Tu (VNA/Vietnam+)
