Bad weather causes damages in 14 islands
A cyclone hit Nilandhoo in Faafu atoll Thursday afternoon and blew the roofs off 10 houses after heavy rainfall caused damages on Thinadhoo in Gaaf Dhaal atoll the previous day.
01 Jun 2017, 9:00 AM
Torrential rain and strong winds caused damages in 14 islands as a bout of bad weather continues to wreak havoc across the Maldives.
Fathmath Thasneem, head of the National Disaster Management Centre, told the press Thursday that the worst affected islands during the past 24 hours were Nilandhoo in the south-central Faafu atoll and Thinadhoo in the southern Gaafu Dhaal atoll.
A cyclone hit Nilandhoo on Thursday afternoon, blowing the roofs off 10 houses and displacing several families. On the previous night, heavy rainfall and strong winds uprooted trees and blew the roofs off four houses on Thinadhoo.
Soldiers from the military’s southern area command helped clear fallen trees that were blocking roads.
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