Tornado in eastern China kills 10, hundreds relocated

24/7 Space News

Tornado in eastern China kills 10, hundreds relocated

Tornado in eastern China kills 10, hundreds relocated
by AFP Staff Writers
Beijing (AFP) Sept 20, 2023

A tornado in eastern China killed 10 people and seriously injured several others, state media said Wednesday, the latest in a string of extreme weather events to strike the country.

"Yesterday afternoon, a strong tornado occurred in Suqian, Jiangsu Province... causing casualties and property loss in certain areas," state broadcaster CCTV said.

The tornado affected more than 5,500 people, with 137 houses collapsing, according to "preliminary statistics" cited in the report.

More than 400 people have been temporarily relocated because of the twister, state media said.

Video footage shared on social media by the state-run People's Daily showed high winds whipping debris around above residential buildings, as well as a street strewn with fallen signs and other objects.

China saw record-breaking downpours and weeks of historic heat this summer, with scientists saying such extreme weather events are being exacerbated by climate change.

Whole villages in Jiangsu were levelled and at least 98 people were killed in 2016 after the region was hit by a storm with hurricane-force winds and the worst tornado in half a century.

Related Links
Weather News at TerraDaily.com

Subscribe Free To Our Daily Newsletters

RELATED CONTENT

The following news reports may link to other Space Media Network websites.

Flooding, lightning strikes kill 8 in war-hit Yemen
Sanaa (AFP) Sept 16, 2023
Flooding and lightning strikes in Yemen have killed eight civilians, an official and a doctor told AFP on Saturday, underscoring the threat of extreme weather in the war-ravaged country. The lightning strikes occurred on Friday in the Al-Layha and Al-Zahra districts of Hodeida governorate on the Red Sea coast, said Hamza Saied, a doctor at the hospital in Al-Layha. "Six women and a man were killed, and three others were injured," he said. The area is controlled by Huthi rebels who seized ... read more

Two Russians, American reach space station

Rockets and Porsches: rich Russians flock to Baikonur spaceport

Soyuz hatch opens, Expedition 69 expands to 10 crewmates

NASA joins the still controversial search for UFOs

Musk biography describes troubled tycoon driven by demons

Marcus Wandt will fly to International Space Station on third Axiom Space mission

SpaceX launches 22 Starlink satellites in 65th mission of 2023

Rocket Lab signs deal with Leidos to launch 4 HASTE missions

Dusty Skies in the Cloudy Season: Sols 3950-3952

Sols 3948-3949: A Rocky Road, or Two!

Another Martian Weekend" Sols 3943-3945

Sols 3936-3939: Double the Fun

Tianzhou 5 spacecraft burns up on Earth reentry

Crew of Shenzhou XV mission honored for six-month space odyssey

China solicits names for manned lunar exploration vehicles

From rice to quantum gas: China's targets pioneering space research

Intelsat Inflight Connectivity expanded to all Airbus aircraft

Successful entry into service of Eutelsat Hotbird 13F and 13G satellites

Sidus Space announces 180-Day extension on NASDAQ minimum pricing

Intelsat Adds European Capacity with Telespazio's Fucino Space Centre in Italy

Every Gram Counts: SCHOTT Launches Lightweight Microelectronic Packages for Aerospace

Gold and mercury, not books, for Venezuela's child miners

Recycling plastic not enough, warns UN environment chief

AWS ties up with ISRO and IN-SPACe to advance India's space capabilities with cloud technologies

On the road to spotting alien life

Alleged bodies of 'non-human beings' shown in Mexican Congress

Webb discovers methane, carbon dioxide in atmosphere of K2-18 b

Scientists detect and validate the longest-period exoplanet found with TESS

Possible existence of Earth-like planet predicted in Outskirts of Solar System

SwRI will lead Hubble, Webb observations of Io, Jupiter's volcanic moon

In the service of planetary science, astrophysics and heliophysics

Mysterious Neptune dark spot detected from Earth for the first time

Subscribe Free To Our Daily Newsletters

The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2024 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. All articles labeled "by Staff Writers" include reports supplied to Space Media Network by industry news wires, PR agencies, corporate press officers and the like. Such articles are individually curated and edited by Space Media Network staff on the basis of the report's information value to our industry and professional readership. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Statement Our advertisers use various cookies and the like to deliver the best ad banner available at one time. All network advertising suppliers have GDPR policies (Legitimate Interest) that conform with EU regulations for data collection. By using our websites you consent to cookie based advertising. If you do not agree with this then you must stop using the websites from May 25, 2018. Privacy Statement. Additional information can be found here at About Us.