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98 dead, hundreds injured in extreme weather
Published on: 2016-06-24
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052At least 98 people died and 800 were injured in one of the deadliest natural disasters to hit east China's Jiangsu Province in decades Thursday.


Downpours, hailstorms and the worst tornado since 1966 battered parts of Yancheng City at 2:30 p.m., destroying homes and trapping hundreds of villagers in the rubble.


More deaths are feared, as search and rescue continued into Friday.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs said 200 people were injured critically.

051Extreme weather was reported in several townships in Funing and Sheyang counties in the suburbs of Yancheng.


Gales of 125 km per hour battered several outer townships of Funing County, while in Sheyang, the winds reached 100 km per hour.

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Many houses collapsed in the gales. Villages were leveled. Trees and utility poles were uprooted, and motor vehicles were blown away.


A 40,000-square-meter workshop of a joint venture solar energy company also toppled.

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