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Tornado in Southern China Kills 5 People, Damages Factories in City of Guangzhou
A tornado struck the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on Saturday, killing five people and damaging more than 140 factory buildings, state media said.
The China Meteorological Administration said the tornado struck about 3 p.m. in the Baiyun district of Guangzhou, a sprawling metropolis and manufacturing center near Hong Kong.
Videos posted online showed a mid-afternoon sky darkened by storm clouds and debris swirling up into the air.
Authorities said that another 33 people were injured, and 141 factory buildings were damaged, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
Tornado warnings were issued for other parts of Guangzhou and there were unconfirmed reports that a second tornado appeared to have hit another district in the city later in the afternoon.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visited Guangzhou during an official visit to China earlier this month. The city, formerly known as Canton, also recently held the Canton Fair, a major export and import exhibition that draws buyers from around the world.
In September, two tornadoes killed 10 people in Jiangsu province in eastern China.
Photograph: In this photo provided by China’s Xinhua News Agency, an aerial view shows damaged buildings in the aftermath of a tornado in Guangming Village of Zhongluotan Town, Baiyun District, Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong Province, on Sunday, April 28, 2024. Aerial photos posted by Chinese state media on Sunday showed the wide devastation of a part of the southern city of Guangzhou after a tornado swept through the day before, killing and injuring dozens of people and damaging over a hundred buildings. (Deng Hua/Xinhua via AP)
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