At least 12 people are dead and 300 injured after a pair of tornadoes ripped apart homes and other buildings in southern and eastern China Friday night. Local government officials said eight people died in the city of Wuhan, famous as ground zero of the coronavirus pandemic, The Associated Press reported. “I’ve grown up in…
At least 12 dead as tornadoes rip through two Chinese provinces
SHANGHAI — Two tornadoes ripped through China’s central city of Wuhan and a town in the eastern province of Jiangsu, killing at least 12 people and injuring hundreds while destroying homes and property, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. Eight people were reported dead in Wuhan, in Hubei province, with 280 injured after…
Massive tornado kills 6 people, injures 190 in northeast China
BEIJING — A tornado blew through a city in northeast China, damaging factories and buildings, killing six people and injuring another 190, state media reported Thursday. The tornado hit Kaiyuan, a county-level city in Liaoning province, late Wednesday afternoon, local authorities said in a brief online statement. Footage from state broadcaster CCTV showed a stretch…
It’s a RED tornado! Dramatic footage shows giant column of wind in bright hue ripping through rural China
This is the dramatic moment a giant red tornado ripped through the Chinese countryside. The giant column of wind was spotted on July 30 in Xuwen County, Guangdong province, reports the People’s Daily Online. Seven people were injured and over 500 houses were damaged during the storm. Footage filmed by an onlooker from a fair…
Huge tornado rips across motorway smashing toll booth and throwing cars
The twister, packed with rainstorm knocked down toll gate booths, snapped road barriers, cut off wires and damaged vehicles waiting at the toll gate This is the terrifying moment a huge tornado rips across a motorway smashing down a toll booth and throwing vehicles around. The footage was recorded by a coach passenger as he…
China Tornado Kills 98, Injures 800
The death toll in eastern China skyrocketed to 98 after a powerful tornado and severe storms hit a densely populated area of farms and factories on Thursday. The tornado hit near the city of Yancheng in Jiangsu province, about 500 miles south of Beijing. Some 800 people were also injured. Teacher Guo Haimei said the…
China tornado kills almost 100 people in Jiangsu
Almost 100 people killed and about 800 others injured after violent storm and tornado strikes Jiangsu province. At least 98 people have been killed and 800 others injured in an unusually violent hail storm and tornado that swept across eastern China’s Jiangsu province. Winds of up to 125km an hour struck near Yancheng city, a…
Dust tornadoes rip through Chinese schoolyard, throws boy 15 feet into the air
Lanzhou, Gansu: A series of tiny yet powerful dust tornadoes swept through a schoolyard in China, wreaking havoc and throwing a young boy about 15 feet into the air, according to a report in the Daily News. The schoolyard was gripped by at least three dust tornadoes or twisters that can go about 100 feet…