Violent storms which saw hailstones the size of golf balls rain down across Myanmar have killed at least eight people in recent days, toppled pagodas and damaged thousands of buildings, officials said today according to Channel News Asia.
The freak storms struck across five states on Friday and Saturday after weeks of heatwave temperatures regularly topping 40C (104F).
The Global New Light of Myanmar said more than 1,700 pagodas were damaged by gale force winds in the southern state of Shan on Friday night many of them belonging to a building complex build in the XVI century . (Courtesy of plenglish.com)
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