Widespread damage from severe hail storm in NE Thailand

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Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported severe damage to property and power lines after a powerful storm accompanied by hail stones hit large swathes of north eastern Thailand at the weekend.

 

Top billing on a YouTube posted video was staff and customers at a gas station in Mukhdahan running from the storm.

 

 

It damaged the roof and cars.

 

Dozens of other homes were hit all across Isaan with Roi-Et and Chaiyaphum featured in the video.

 

Some resembled pictures of people hit by hurricanes. 

 

Later workers were busy cutting down trees that had fallen on power lines causing powercuts in much of the region. 

 

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[Thailand]

Looks nasty, hopefully no major injuries.

 

Nothing here in Chiang Mai just smog.

[Iamfalang]

PM 2.5 currently 800 billion ....

 

hail seems nice compared to my lungs and brain dying

[khunPer]

Sadly incidents like this always hit hardest on those that can't afford it, as they for example already hardly can afford proper roofs, nor accident insurance.

[Excel]

2 hours ago, Thailand said:

Looks nasty, hopefully no major injuries.

 

Nothing here in Chiang Mai just smog.

Only a little light rain where we live North of Udon. The reading is 0.4 mm since pm yesterday

[rwill]

I'm sure it had nothing to do with the construction quality on those buildings shown.

[hotchilli]

Accompanied by hysterical screaming to scare the storm away... always works.

[kokesaat]

3 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Accompanied by hysterical screaming to scare the storm away... always works.

A number of years ago I was visiting my ill gardener who lived a few hundred meters from our home.  While there, the sky darkened, the wind started to howl, hail fell, and all the women in the area came out of their homes banging empty pots with large spoons.  Not to scare the storm away..........just to scare off the bad ghosts associated with the storm.