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A tornado that tore through two villages in central Myanmar near the capital Naypyitaw killed eight people and destroyed more than 200 houses, a rescue worker said Saturday...
The tornado hit Aung Myin Kone and Tadau villages on Naypyitaws southern outskirts at around 6:10 p.m. on Friday, Thet Paing Soe, a leading member of the Doh Lewe charity organization, told The Associated Press...
He said local charity organizations had transported 128 people to hospitals, and 232 houses in the two villages were destroyed...
However, tornadoes of a size that rarely cause death and serious damage often occur in the summer and pre-monsoon periods when the temperature rises, said Kyaw Moe Oo, a director-general at the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology...
State-run MRTV television reported that Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the head of Myanmars military-installed government, visited the disaster area on Saturday and provided aid to the residents..
