STORY: Strong tornado kills 5, injures 33 in China's Guangzhou
SHOOTING TIME: April 27, 2024
DATELINE: April 28, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:53
LOCATION: GUANGZHOU, China
CATEGORY: WEATHER

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1. various of tornado hitting Guangzhou

STORYLINE:

Five people were killed and 33 others injured by a strong tornado that hit Guangzhou, the capital city of south China's Guangdong Province, Saturday afternoon, local authorities said.

The tornado hit Zhongluotan Town in the city's Baiyun District at approximately 3 p.m., while the weather station in Liangtian Village, roughly 2.8 kilometers from the tornado's point of occurrence, registered a maximum wind gust of 20.6 meters per second.

Experts say the tornado was caused by multiple meteorological factors, including the increasing intensity of warm and moist stream from the southwest of the South China Sea, warm and humid near-ground air and low-level jet over the preceding period.

Rescuers from the city's emergency management, weather, fire, waterworks and health departments as well as local residents have been sent to the site immediately.

As of 10 p.m., the on-site search and rescue work has been basically completed. The injured have been sent to hospital. Authorities said 141 factory buildings were damaged and no residential houses collapsed.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Guangzhou, China.
(XHTV)