Hail Storm Strikes Northeastern Thailand

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BUENG KAN, (TNA) – Yesterday, several provinces in the northern region experienced a summer storm accompanied by hail, causing both alarm and excitement due to the unusually large size of the hailstones.

 

A summer storm with strong gusts of wind and hail occurred, wreaking havoc in three sub-districts of Bueng Kan Province. Video clips shared by locals on social media during the hail storm showed that the hailstones were large, some as big as a child’s fist or a tennis ball.

 

Many people, posting on Facebook, mentioned that in the past 40-50 years, they had never witnessed such large hailstones before. After the hail storm subsided, people began collecting the hailstones in containers and taking pictures to share on social media, marking a rare occurrence of a hail storm in the area.

After the incident, officials visited the affected areas with officials to assess the damage. A total of 1,376 houses in 18 villages had been damaged. There have been no reports yet of injuries or fatalities among the residents, but agricultural crops will undergo further assessment.

 

Full story: TNA-MCOT 2024-03-30

 

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[reefsurfah]

Global warming at its finest ⛈️

[arick]

3 inches of water laying on the ground 

[KhunBENQ]

Not as bad here but a thunderstorm and heavy downpour.

As a bonus we had a blackout for about an hour.

Hail and sharp drop of temperature is not unusual at this time of year. When I first experienced it was quite a surprise though.

Edited March 30 by KhunBENQ

[Expat68]

Same in Loei on Thursday, roofs blown off houses

[brianthainess]

I have experienced this in OZ quite scary, Big Black sky approaching then all hell broke loose, many cars and roofs damaged, and after all the noise, the deathly silence, we got a storm imminate in 10 min warning scanned across the bottom of the TV station . Saw a Vid on YouTube yesterday of one in China, they also got a warning, Did Thailand issue any warning ????

[arick]

5 hours ago, Expat68 said:

Same in Loei on Thursday, roofs blown off houses

Can you call them houses can you call them roofs

[PETERTHEEATER]

I expected this to be a report of citizens lining the streets an shouting, in unison, "Hail Thaksin!"

[markus]

13 hours ago, reefsurfah said:

Global warming at its finest ⛈️

Stupid talk...