Tornado blew away the entire corrugated iron roof of a school in the resettlement area.

At around 1:30 p.m. on April 20, a tornado occurred in Ngoc Lam and Thanh Huong communes, Thanh Chuong district. The strong tornado lasted for more than 20 minutes, causing damage to some households’ houses and livestock barns, and many areas of acacia trees were broken...

7 classrooms at Tan Ngoc school in Ngoc Lam commune had their roofs completely blown off. Photo: Huy Thu

In Ngoc Lam commune, a strong tornado swept through Tan Ngoc hamlet, causing the roof of Tan Ngoc primary school, which had 7 classrooms, to be completely blown off. After the tornado, only the walls remained. Many sheets of corrugated iron flew over people's houses and got stuck in acacia gardens.

The corrugated iron roofs flew down to the school yard, got stuck on trees and flew into people's gardens. Photo: Huy Thu

Mr. Mac Van Nghi - head of Tan Ngoc village said: Tan Ngoc school has a U-shaped classroom block with completely blown-off roof. This is a new classroom block with corrugated iron roof invested by a sponsor.

Local people were quite shocked by the strong tornado. Photo: Huy Thu

Fortunately today is Saturday, students have the day off so there were no casualties.

Some houses in Tan Ngoc village were also damaged. Ms. Vi Thi Phuong Anh - a villager said: The storm and strong tornado came so suddenly that many people were caught off guard. My house's roof, cowshed, chicken coop were damaged... After the short tornado, the tiles and roofing sheets were broken in many places.

Many areas of acacia trees were broken by the tornado. Photo: Huy Thu

In Thanh Huong commune, a tornado swept through hamlet 6, damaging several houses, causing tiles to fall off, corrugated iron roofs to fly off, and many areas of acacia trees to collapse. Trees fell on power lines and onto the road, making travel difficult...