At least five people were killed and 33 injured in a tornado that hit Guangzhou on Saturday.
Chinese state media reported that at least five people were killed and 33 injured in a tornado that hit Guangzhou. Saturday (April 27) in southern China
Xinhua news agency reported that officials said 141 factory buildings were damaged. But no houses were damaged. Initial estimates show the hurricane to be a Category 3 intensity, up from a Category 5 maximum.
The weather station in Liangtian Village, Baiyun District, about 4.3 kilometers from the location of the typhoon, had maximum wind gusts of 74 kilometers per hour. The search and rescue mission ended at 10:00pm local time.
This hurricane occurred after several days of heavy rain. which hit southern China causing severe flooding and threatening the lives of tens of millions of people Meanwhile, rescuers rushed to evacuate people who were stuck in the rising waters.
Guangdong Province, which is the economic center of southern China. which has a population of 127 million people has to face widespread flooding. As a result, more than 110,000 people were forced to leave earlier this week. Chinese state media reported that floods have killed at least four people in Guangdong province.
Since April 16, heavy rain has continued in the Pearl River Delta area. which is the manufacturing center of China and is one of the most populated regions of the country. Four weather stations in Guangdong province recorded record rainfall in April. The China Meteorological Administration has warned that heavy rains and severe storms will continue until the end of this month.
The Pearl River Basin is normally subject to flooding every year from April to September. But the area has faced increasingly severe rainstorms and floods in recent years. As scientists warn that the climate change crisis will make extreme weather events more severe and more frequent.
Although hurricanes are not as common in China as they are in the United States, But it happens from time to time. A 2015 peer-reviewed scientific paper found that China averages fewer than 100 tornadoes a year and that there have been at least 1,772 tornado deaths in the country in the 50 years since.
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