By SunStar Cebu
Some 86 houses were destroyed, trees fell and residents were hurt after whirling winds and ice-like particles, slightly bigger than marbles, hit Barangays Lamac and Punod, Pinamungajan town, midwest of Cebu Province yesterday noon.
One woman was rushed to a hospital in Cebu City after she was pinned to the ground by a fallen tree.
Barangays Lamac and Punod are about 14 kilometers from the poblacion of the town in Cebu’s third district.
Rep. Pablo John Garcia (Cebu, 3rd district), who sent staff members to the area, said that based on the report he received, the two barangays were hit by a “buhawi†or whirlwind and hail stones.
He instructed his staff to assess the damage and see how his office could help.
In a phone interview, Pinamungajan Mayor Geraldine Yapha told Sun.Star Cebu that the disturbance hit the houses alternately, damaging the structures.
Yapha said that while the ice-like drops and the strong winds would hit a house and damage it, these would leave the next house intact.
Yapha said that it was very hot and sunny yesterday morning, but at 11:30 a.m. dark clouds mantled the sky.
She quoted residents who saw that thunder struck and a series of lighting bolted the sky.
These were followed by strong winds, and ice-like particles fell from the sky.
The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Services Administration (Pagasa) said the hailstorm in Pinamungahan did not register on their radar.
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