A tornado broke out in Wuhan, and most of the houses in Xinji Village, Caidian District were damaged?

At 20:39 on May 14, tornadoes and heavy rainstorms occurred in the Qishan area of ??Caidian District and the Junshan area of ??Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone in Wuhan City, causing damage to some houses, collapsed work sheds, and a large number of trees. It broke, construction site facilities were seriously damaged, and many people were injured or killed.

On the evening of the 14th, in Xinji Village, Caidian District, Wuhan City, the roof of the house where Mr. Wang’s parents lived was blown off by strong winds, and wind and rain poured directly into the house. Fortunately, the elderly at home were safe.

On the 15th, Mr. Wang returned home and found that not only his own home, but "many nearby houses had their roofs ripped off," and many trees on the surrounding hills were knocked down by lightning. "Basically there are old people left behind in the village, and young people are working outside. Some people were buried under the rubble, and now people are busy saving themselves."

As can be seen from the photos provided by Mr. Wang, the new village in Caidian District There are mostly brick and tile bungalows near the market village, and there are a large number of blown branches, bricks and tiles on the ground. The tiles of the lightly affected houses were blown off and the doors and windows were damaged; the severely affected houses have collapsed, with masonry and steel bars scattered around, and some sheds have been completely deformed.

Another Xinji Village villager, Mr. Huang, also confirmed that most of the local houses were damaged. "My family has three houses. The roof tiles of the two old houses were blown off, and the new house was also damaged. These tiles were blown away and cannot be picked up."

Wuhan City held a strong Press conference on convective weather disaster response:

Liu Ziqing, deputy mayor of the Wuhan Municipal People's Government, said that after the disaster occurred, many responsible comrades from the province and city rushed to the scene to command and organize rescue, held emergency meetings, and comprehensively deployed emergency disaster relief Work. As of now, all missing persons have been found and the search and rescue work is basically over.

Liao Minghui, director of the Wuhan Municipal Emergency Management Bureau, said that as of 12:00 on the 15th, 8 people had died in this accident, 230 people were injured, 3,568 people were affected, and 1,197 people were urgently relocated. , 28 households and 86 houses collapsed, and 130 households and 400 houses were severely damaged.

After the disaster, Wuhan City dispatched 18 rescue vehicles, Tongji Hospital and Union Medical College Hospital sent 70 rescue trauma experts and 200 nurses, and units directly under Wuhan City organized 40 medical personnel to support the rescue work. Wang Weihua, deputy director of the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission, said that as of 12:00 on the 15th, there were 181 patients being treated in the hospital.

The above content refers to the Beijing News-Wuhan tornado was rated as EF2, killing 8 people and injuring 230 people