Chinese weather officials stepped up warnings about heavy rain and strong winds in several regions, state media said yesterday, a day after a two tornadoes killed 10 people within hours and wreaked havoc in the eastern Jiangsu Province.
The latest incident in weeks of destructive and deadly weather spurred authorities to call for vigilance against strong winds in coastal areas near the Yellow Sea off Jiangsu.
Tuesday’s tornado was brief but fierce, with social media images showing overturned vehicles, downed power lines and flying debris, much of which littered the streets of Suqian, a city in the north of the province.
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Videos posted online of the first tornado showed cars that had been tossed about, including at least one flipped onto its side, and debris swirling in the air above a several story-high building.
“I was at the door and witnessed the wind, solar energy devices and trees flying in the air,” one person wrote on Sina Weibo. “For those two minutes, I was dumbfounded.”
China Central Television said two areas in the province were affected: Suqian and Yancheng.
Five people were killed and four severely injured when the tornado suddenly hit a densely populated area at 5:20pm in Suqian, damaging 1,646 homes and leaving hecares of crops devastated.
The tornado then ripped through Yancheng, killing five more and injuring four others, China Central Television said.
Weather warnings also went out yesterday for the southwestern region of Chongqing, and several areas in Guizhou, Hunan, Anhui and Hubei provinces.
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