Stormy weather hit the mountainous Thuong Xuan District in the central province of Thanh Hoa on Tuesday evening, causing the collapse of an electrical pole and a 65-m-high base transceiver station (BTS).

A base transceiver station falls down because of heavy wind on Tuesday evening in Thanh Hoa Province. — baophapluat.vn

The BTS fell down onto a house but, fortunately, no one was hurt. On Wednesday morning, the Thanh Hoa Telecommunication Company began removing the fallen BTS and arranged the installation of mobile transceiver equipment to ensure proper services for mobile phone subscribers in the area.

According to the district People’s Committee, the collapse of the electrical poles caused a power outage from Thuong Xuan Town to the Bat Mot border commune.

Power supply was not resumed until Wednesday morning.

The storm also blew roofs off 71 houses and the Thuong Xuan Secondary School. It also damaged nearly 100 ha of crops, uprooted 650 trees in Thuong Xuan District and surrounding communes. Landslides were reported on route from Thuong Xuan Town to Ngoc Phung Commune. — VNS