VietNamNet Bridge – On July 1 late afternoon, a thunderstorm swept through HCM City. Many old trees were uprooted, crashing into cars and walls. At least seven motorcycles were destroyed and two people were injured.


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At 6pm, taxi driver Le Xuan Nghia, 52, stopped his car on Dinh Tien Hoang Street, opposite the HCM City University of Social Sciences and Humanities in District 1 to release four foreign passengers. Incidentally, an old tree with a trunk the diameter of nearly one meter was uprooted and fell on a car.

 

 

 

 

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"At that time it suddenly began to rain hard, accompanied by very strong winds. Just when the passengers left the car, I heard a big sound right on my head. I did not know what happened until others broke the car door and pulled me out. Fortunately, I was only mildly injured," driver Nghia said.

 

 

 

 

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Uprooted trees weighed down on a part of this grocery shop, damaging a lot of furniture.

 

 

 

 

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This car was crushed by an uprooted tree.

 

 

 

 

 

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At the same time, a number of trees on Mac Thi Buoi Road in District 1, Quang Trung Road in Go Vap District, and Nguyen Tat Thanh Street in District 4 were also uprooted by strong winds. Fortunately, there were no casualties.

 

 

 

 

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The thunderstorm also crushed a wall over 2m high and 20m long at the An Loc apartments in Go Vap District. The wall collapsed and weighed on seven motorcycles, causing injuries to a 22-year-old female and nine-year-old boy.

 



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