Nguyen Phung Minh, chairman of Ea Yong Commune in Krong Pak District, said that storms occurred in the locality on June 16, seriously ravaging local durian plantations.
Up to 500 tonnes of durian in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak have fallen off the trees due to unfavourable weather
Nearly, 300 durian trees which are around 18 years old were uprooted, including up to 250 trees in Ea Yong Commune.
The durian harvest is scheduled to be between August and September, but the bad weather has left people facing total losses of around VND15 billion (USD646,551).
The commune is making a report on specific losses of each household to submit to the district, Phung noted.
Le Van Thao from Village 19/5 said that his family has suffered from a loss of hundreds of millions of VND due to uprooted durian trees
Durian is currently sold at VND30,000 per kilo.
