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Six people killed and more than 200 injured in tornado in Wuhan
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All victims of the disaster received assistance, they were sent to hospitals to provide them with medical assistance.
Six people were killed and 218 were injured in a tornado in Wuhan, China, in Hubei province. On Saturday, May 15, the TV channel reports. CGTN with reference to the city’s emergency management department.
“On Friday evening, in a number of districts of the city, the wind was recorded, the speed of which reached 24 meters per second. As a result, 85 were destroyed and about 400 houses and structures were damaged, a large number of trees were broken, a tower crane collapsed,” the statement said.
In turn, the agency Xinhua informed that gusts of squally wind reached 23.9 m / s, the tornado damaged buildings, trees were felled.
After the natural disaster, the leaders of the regional party committee and government representatives arrived at the scene. They held emergency meetings to agree on an emergency response plan.
Earlier, at about 19.00 local time, a tornado hit the Shengze village in Jiangsu province. One person died, another 20 were hospitalized with various injuries.
Meteorologists voiced a disappointing forecast: the likelihood of air craters in Jiangsu and Hubei provinces remains. Local residents need to be vigilant.
We will remind, in the USA on Wednesday, May 12, on the outskirts of New Orleans, a powerful the tornado caused destruction and damage to the power grid.
Earlier it was reported that on the Gulf Coast in the United States as a result of five tornadoes two people were killed and seven more were injured.
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