Powerful storms blew a tree onto a car and flung another into a family's home injuring two people. <br /><br />The strong gusts and heavy rain battered towns in Chonburi, eastern Thailand on Tuesday (October 29) night.<br /><br />A huge black afara tree fell on a car belonging to Kovit Limtemsap, 53, that was parked outside the house.<br /><br />While on a nearby street, a eucalyptus was blown over and fell onto the home of pensioner Ratchada Maturose, 58, whose son and daughter were injured.<br /><br />The grandmother said that the tree hit them by surprise in the middle of the night.<br /><br />She said: "It was around 2 am I remember the heavy rain and a lot of lightning when suddenly I heard a roof tile cracking noise from my son's room.<br /><br />"Fortunately, it was the roof tile that fell onto them not the tree otherwise they might be more seriously injured."<br /><br />The father and his child were rushed to hospital for checks while the provincial authorities promised to cover the costs of repairs to the homes.<br /><br />Kovit, whose car was damaged, said he had grown the tree by himself.<br /><br />He said: "I've been hand-rearing the tree for ten years so it's really bad luck that both the tree and my car to have been destroyed.''
