Authorities say 141 factory buildings were damaged but no residential houses collapsed.
Authorities say 141 factory buildings were damaged but no residential houses collapsed, according to the Xinhua news agency.At least five people were killed and 33 injured in a tornado Saturday that struck Guangzhou, a city of 19 million people in southern China, according to Chinese state media.
Authorities say 141 factory buildings were damaged but no residential houses collapsed, according to the Xinhua news agency. It said a preliminary assessment put the tornado at level-three intensity, two below the highest level of five.A weather station in Liangtian Village, Baiyun District, about 1.7 miles from where the tornado hit, registered a maximum wind gust of 20.6 meters per second, Xinhua reported.
Aerial view of damaged buildings and production materials at a tyre workshop after a tornado in Guangming Village of Zhongluotan Town of Baiyun District on April 28, 2024, in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province of China. Since April 16, sustained torrential rains have pounded the Pearl River Delta, China’s manufacturing heartland and one of the country’s most populated regions, with four weather stations in Guangdong registering record rainfall for April.
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