Reuters-China braces for more harsh weather after tornado kills 10
September 20, 2023 2 min 329 words
这篇报道再次凸显了中国面临的极端天气挑战。在一场猛烈的龙卷风袭击后，中国气象部门发出了更多强风暴雨警报，此次事件导致江苏省发生了10人死亡的悲剧。这是近几周内中国发生的破坏性和致命性天气事件的最新案例。 报道中描述的龙卷风虽然持续时间短暂，但破坏力惊人，社交媒体上的图片显示汽车翻倒、电线倒塌和飞散的碎片，这些碎片大部分散落在江苏北部的宿迁市街道上。目击者描述了他们在两分钟内看到的风暴景象，令人不寒而栗。 这次灾害让当局再次呼吁对江苏黄海沿岸地区的强风保持警惕。报道提到，这场龙卷风造成了1646座房屋受损，大片农作物遭受严重破坏，造成了5人死亡和4人重伤。事后，龙卷风又袭击了盐城，造成5人死亡和4人受伤。 同时，中国的西南重庆、贵州西南部、湖南南部、安徽东部和湖北中部等地也发布了天气警报，预警可能发生的极端天气事件。最近，中国东南部遭受了暴雨袭击，导致大规模撤离、山体滑坡和死亡，这些都是台风海魁的余波所致。 这篇报道再次提醒我们，气候变化和极端天气事件对全球各地都构成了严重威胁，需要采取积极措施来应对这些挑战。在这个背景下，中国政府需要加强预警系统和紧急救援措施，以确保公民的安全。同时，全球范围内也需要更多合作，共同应对气候变化带来的挑战。
Chinese weather officials stepped up warnings about 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 10 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 two areas in the province were affected - Suqian and Yancheng. Five people were killed and four severely injured when the tornado suddenly hit a densely-populated area at 5:20 p.m. (2120 GMT) in Suqian, damaging 1,646 homes and leaving acres of crops devastated.
The tornado then ripped through Yancheng, killing five more and injuring four others, CCTV said.
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.