Townships hit by killer tornado
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May 17, 2010, Monday
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SEVEN people were killed and 98 injured after a tornado and hailstorm struck northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on Saturday.
A total of 3,684 people were evacuated after 28 townships of Suihua City, about 120 kilometers from the provincial capital Harbin, were hit by the violent weather around 3pm, Suihua's emergency response office said.
The twister tore through eight townships of Hailun City under the jurisdiction of Suihua, killing one person. Minqiang Village of Gongrong Township was hit the hardest, with the roofs of every house damaged.
Five people in Suihua City's Beilin District and one from Suihua's Lanxi County were also killed, the office said.
Two hundred quilts and more than 500 kilograms of bread were sent to the affected Beilin District. Rescue work is still under way.
Meanwhile, more than 1,500 residents in a remote county in southwestern Tibet Autonomous Region have been evacuated after mud-slides killed at least five people last week.
They have been relocated out of the danger zone in Zayu County, said Tashidargye, secretary of the Nyingchi Prefecture government.
Close to 14,000 people, or nearly 60 percent of the county's population, were affected, and 10,000 cattle died.
Tents, food, clothes, quilts and power generators were being distributed to villagers in need.
Most parts of southern China will see more wet weather with heavy rainfall or strong storms in the next three days, the China Meteorological Administration forecast yesterday.
Hubei, Guizhou provinces and Chongqing Municipality should expect heavy rain or rainstorms during the period, while torrential rain would hit some southern areas.
A cold front moving eastward is set to bring temperature falls and strong winds in northwest China during the next three days.
Temperatures in Gansu Province and Inner Mongolia would fall by 4 to 8 degrees Celsius while Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia would be affected by dust storms.
Strong rainstorms in south China since early May have triggered floods and mud-rock flows, swollen rivers, burst dikes, threatened reservoirs and damaged highways, bridges and power facilities.
At least 86 people have been reported dead and 16 missing after the rainstorms.
A total of 3,684 people were evacuated after 28 townships of Suihua City, about 120 kilometers from the provincial capital Harbin, were hit by the violent weather around 3pm, Suihua's emergency response office said.
The twister tore through eight townships of Hailun City under the jurisdiction of Suihua, killing one person. Minqiang Village of Gongrong Township was hit the hardest, with the roofs of every house damaged.
Five people in Suihua City's Beilin District and one from Suihua's Lanxi County were also killed, the office said.
Two hundred quilts and more than 500 kilograms of bread were sent to the affected Beilin District. Rescue work is still under way.
Meanwhile, more than 1,500 residents in a remote county in southwestern Tibet Autonomous Region have been evacuated after mud-slides killed at least five people last week.
They have been relocated out of the danger zone in Zayu County, said Tashidargye, secretary of the Nyingchi Prefecture government.
Close to 14,000 people, or nearly 60 percent of the county's population, were affected, and 10,000 cattle died.
Tents, food, clothes, quilts and power generators were being distributed to villagers in need.
Most parts of southern China will see more wet weather with heavy rainfall or strong storms in the next three days, the China Meteorological Administration forecast yesterday.
Hubei, Guizhou provinces and Chongqing Municipality should expect heavy rain or rainstorms during the period, while torrential rain would hit some southern areas.
A cold front moving eastward is set to bring temperature falls and strong winds in northwest China during the next three days.
Temperatures in Gansu Province and Inner Mongolia would fall by 4 to 8 degrees Celsius while Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia would be affected by dust storms.
Strong rainstorms in south China since early May have triggered floods and mud-rock flows, swollen rivers, burst dikes, threatened reservoirs and damaged highways, bridges and power facilities.
At least 86 people have been reported dead and 16 missing after the rainstorms.
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