Two Chinese tourists die after tree fell onto vehicles in Penang

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Massive storms struck Penang island again on Wednesday (Sept 18), uprooting trees, destroying vehicles and properties and claiming two lives.   Firemen pulled out the bodies of two Chinese tourists who were trapped in a car when a tree fell on it in the Pinang Peranakan Mansion compund in George Town at about 5pm.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/gftzd  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Massive storms struck Penang Island again on Wednesday,

00:05uprooting trees, destroying vehicles and properties,

00:08and claiming two lives. The huge winds and rains have lashed the city for the

00:13second consecutive day.

00:14A tree fell onto three vehicles parked in the compound of Penang Perarnakan

00:20Mansion

00:20at about 2.30 p.m. Two people who were inside a car were crushed

00:26to death.

00:26The victims, comprising a male and a female from China,

00:30were in their fifties and thirties respectively.

00:56Rescue personnel took about three hours to extract the victims from the wreckage.

01:01The Penang Island City Council said the storm had caused many trees to be felled

01:06in several areas,

01:07including Lorong Perak, Anson Road, Scotland Road

01:11and Mount Erskine.

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