Tornado, hail, thunderstorms cause more than $210m in economic losses.

 

At least 24 people have died and four are missing after extreme weather hit five provinces in South China this week, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said on Thursday.

 

Starting on Tuesday, tornados, rain and strong winds swept Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong and Guizhou provinces, and about 215,000 people evacuated for their safety, according to a notice released on the ministry's website.

 

By 12 am on Thursday, 1.53 million people had been affected by the disastrous weather conditions.

 

More than 2,000 residential buildings collapsed, and 248,000 houses were damaged. About 92,900 hectares of crops were damaged, and the crops on 16,400 hectares were destroyed, it said.

 

The economic loss is estimated at 1.31 billion yuan ($210 million).

 

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