<p>A tornado that tore through two villages in central Myanmar near the capital Naypyitaw killed eight people and destroyed more than 200 houses, a rescue worker said Saturday.</p>.<p>The tornado hit Aung Myin Kone and Tadau villages on Naypyitaw's southern outskirts at around 6:10 pm on Friday, Thet Paing Soe, a leading member of the Doh Lewe charity organisation, told<em> The Associated Press</em>.</p>.<p>He said local charity organisations had transported 128 people to hospitals, and 232 houses in the two villages were destroyed.</p>.<p>“The tornado blew for approximately 40 minutes. Almost all the houses in the villages are quite badly damaged. The restoration will take months,” Thet Paing Soe said.</p>.<p>Major tornadoes are rare in Myanmar.</p>.<p>However, tornadoes of a size that rarely cause death and serious damage often occur in the summer and pre-monsoon periods when the temperature rises, said Kyaw Moe Oo, a director-general at the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology.</p>.<p>“During this period, there are frequent tornadoes in the lower parts of Myanmar, but there are few casualties. These kinds of fatalities in central Myanmar are rare,” he told AP.</p>.<p>Myanmar experiences extreme weather virtually every year during monsoon season.</p>.<p>In 2008, Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 people.</p>.<p>State-run <em>MRTV television</em> reported that Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the head of Myanmar's military-installed government, visited the disaster area on Saturday and provided aid to the residents.</p>.<p>The report said that two Buddhist monasteries and a small clinic were among the structures destroyed</p>
<p>A tornado that tore through two villages in central Myanmar near the capital Naypyitaw killed eight people and destroyed more than 200 houses, a rescue worker said Saturday.</p>.<p>The tornado hit Aung Myin Kone and Tadau villages on Naypyitaw's southern outskirts at around 6:10 pm on Friday, Thet Paing Soe, a leading member of the Doh Lewe charity organisation, told<em> The Associated Press</em>.</p>.<p>He said local charity organisations had transported 128 people to hospitals, and 232 houses in the two villages were destroyed.</p>.<p>“The tornado blew for approximately 40 minutes. Almost all the houses in the villages are quite badly damaged. The restoration will take months,” Thet Paing Soe said.</p>.<p>Major tornadoes are rare in Myanmar.</p>.<p>However, tornadoes of a size that rarely cause death and serious damage often occur in the summer and pre-monsoon periods when the temperature rises, said Kyaw Moe Oo, a director-general at the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology.</p>.<p>“During this period, there are frequent tornadoes in the lower parts of Myanmar, but there are few casualties. These kinds of fatalities in central Myanmar are rare,” he told AP.</p>.<p>Myanmar experiences extreme weather virtually every year during monsoon season.</p>.<p>In 2008, Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 people.</p>.<p>State-run <em>MRTV television</em> reported that Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the head of Myanmar's military-installed government, visited the disaster area on Saturday and provided aid to the residents.</p>.<p>The report said that two Buddhist monasteries and a small clinic were among the structures destroyed</p>