Ten houses and a workshop were damaged when a heavy storm lashed through Batu 3, Jalan Langgar, near Alor Setar, yesterday afternoon.

All the roofs and walls of the houses and workshop were torn off in the incident at about 5.30pm.

A victim, Shukri Ibrahim, said the storm, which was accompanied by a heavy downpour, tore off the roof of his house as well as those belonging to his neighbours.

“I and several family members, fearing that our house could be crushed by a tree, left our house for safety,” he told reporters when met yesterday.

Shukri said he was grateful for his family’s safety although he had minor injuries in the leg while escaping from the storm.

Seven cars at the workshop were damaged by the storm when the roof and walls of the workshop came off.

- Bernama