Tornado Kills Seven in Northeast China

  • 14 years ago
A tornado struck China’s Heilongjiang (pron: Hay-long-jeeang) Profince on Saturday, killing 7 people and injuring 98 more.

This footage from a cell phone shows the tornado tearing across the landscape.

The storm hit 28 townships of Suihua (pron: Sway-hwa) City at around three in the afternoon, knocking over electricity poles, tearing the roofs off houses and leaving behind debris.

About 37-hundred people had to be evacuated.