Use the key words and the photos to speak and write about the storm in belarus. • occur on july 1, 2016; a thunderstorm; • sweep through; all regions but brest; • heavy rainfall; a strong wind; hailstones larger than an egg in tolochin, vitebsk region; a tornado in tolochin and sharkovshchina, vitebsk region; • from 39 mm to 43 mm of precipitation in grodno region; 24 mm in minsk; • 510 towns, villages and cities; suffer from the impacts of the storm; • injure 36 people; • cut off electricity in 1,128 towns, villages and cities; • disrupt automobile, air and railway traffic; • more than 4,250 fallen trees, including 3,611 trees in minsk; broken or uprooted trees; • 450 fallen trees – damage cars (447 in minsk); damage 8 planes at the national airport; • damage and flood 622 houses, 6 industrial and 89 agricultural buildings; • destroy 1/10 of the forests; • 13 mln byn worth of damage ($6.5 mln).

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