Reuters-China says more harsh weather in store after tornado kills five
September 20, 2023 2 min 286 words
这则报道揭示了中国近期遭受的极端天气事件，特别是一场猛烈龙卷风袭击，导致五人丧生。中国的气象官员已加大了对多个地区的大雨和强风的预警，这显示了他们对即将到来的恶劣天气的担忧。这起事件再次提醒人们在江苏省黄海沿岸地区要警惕强风。龙卷风虽然短暂但猛烈，社交媒体上的图片显示了倒下的汽车、断裂的电线和飞行的碎片，这些都严重破坏了苏州市的街道。报道中的一位社交媒体用户描述了他目睹风暴的经历，这种场面令人目瞪口呆。 此外，报道还提到，除了五人丧生外，还有四人受伤，而这场龙卷风摧毁了或损坏了1800栋房屋，摧毁了大片农田作物。此外，文章还指出，中国的其他地区也受到了强降雨的威胁，包括重庆、贵州、湖南、安徽和湖北等地。 这篇报道凸显了中国面临的气候变化和自然灾害的严峻挑战，对于社会和政府来说，确保公众安全、应对灾害风险至关重要。需要采取更多措施来增强气象监测、风险管理和紧急救援能力，以减轻未来可能发生的类似事件的影响。同时，也提醒我们气候变化问题的紧迫性，需要全球共同努力来减缓其影响。
Chinese weather officials stepped up warnings against heavy rain and strong winds in several regions, state media said on Wednesday, a day after a violent tornado wreaked havoc in the eastern province of Jiangsu, killing five people.
The latest incident in weeks of destructive and deadly weather spurred authorities to call for vigilance against strong winds in coastal areas near the Yellow Sea off Jiangsu.
Tuesday's tornado was brief but fierce, with social media images showing overturned cars, downed power lines and flying debris, much of which littered the streets of Suqian, a city in the north of the province.
"I was at the door and witnessed the wind, solar energy devices, and trees flying in the air," wrote one user of popular social media platform Weibo. "For those two minutes, I was dumbfounded."
Broadcaster CCTV said four people were injured, in addition to the five dead, when the tornado suddenly hit a densely-populated area at 5:20 p.m. (2120 GMT0), damaging or destroying 1,800 homes, leaving acres of crops devastated.
Weather warnings also went out on Wednesday for the southwestern region of Chongqing, several areas in southwestern Guizhou, southern Hunan, eastern Anhui and central Hubei.
Torrential rain recently lashed China's southeast, causing massive evacuations, landslides and deaths in the wake of unrelenting storms brought by the remnants of Typhoon Haikui.