‘Global climate change is also seen as a factor in increasing the
frequency and severity of extreme weather events…..’
The death toll in eastern China skyrocketed to 98 after a
powerful tornado and
severe storms hit a densely populated area of farms and factories on Thursday.
The tornado
hit near the city of Yancheng in Jiangsu province, about 500 miles south of
Beijing. Some 800 people were also injured.
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| Scenes of destruction of the tornado in China - claimed to be among the most ferocious ever. |
Teacher Guo
Haimei said the ferocious wind, blacked with dust and debris, seemed to descend
out of nowhere onto her kindergarten and its 120 pupils.
"I was
very scared. I had no idea what was happening," said Guo. "When I
tried to close the door, my hand was injured by the wind pushing it back."
Guo and her
mostly 6-year-old pupils were among the lucky ones. Although the school was
heavily damaged, just seven students were injured, two of them seriously.
Read the
Weather Channel story – “China tornado kills 98, injures 800.”
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