The latest casualties of tornadoes in Kaiyuan, Liaoning. How to save yourself when encountering tornadoes?

Although the tornado in Kaiyuan, Liaoning Province has stopped now, friends who want to travel suggest going later. First of all, because of the tornado, the buildings in the distance must have been damaged, and the scenic spots may be under maintenance. Secondly, it may rain these two days.

Latest casualties

On the afternoon of July 3, 2008, a tornado appeared over a village, with a gray-black bottom and middle part and a white top. However, you can still hear the huge wind in the video. A video shot by someone in the city showed that a huge black cyclone covered the sky, while the cyclone rotating at the bottom passed through a residential building, and leaves and other debris flew back and forth with a huge roar. In Jinying Village, Kaiyuan City, the roofs of some villagers were blown away. Teacher Deng, a villager here, said that almost all the tiles on the roof of his neighbor's house were blown away, so he could not spend the night and had to rest at someone else's house. Teacher Deng's chicken was also blown away. The video shot by Teacher Deng himself shows that a fence collapsed and two agricultural vehicles were blown out of shape.

Tornado accident spread: Jingouzi Town, Xingkai Street, Kaiyuan Economic Development Zone. Before the wind began to weaken, it raged south 15 minutes. In addition to casualties, local houses and in-store communications were also damaged to varying degrees. After the disaster, Kaiyuan immediately launched a level 2 emergency response plan, and emergency, fire fighting, armed police, transportation departments and medical departments participated in the rescue and rescued more than 200 people trapped.

Up to now, more than 2 10 people have been rescued from the trapped people. According to preliminary statistics, this sudden tornado disaster has caused 6 deaths and 120 injuries. The specific situation is being counted. The rescue is being carried out in an orderly manner.

It is reported that at 5 o'clock this morning, the Liaoning Meteorological Observatory predicted in the weather forecast of the whole province: on the 3 rd, the Tieling area will be cloudy to scattered showers or thunderstorms, and there will be strong convective weather such as short-term heavy precipitation, hail, thunderstorms and strong winds in some areas.

At 6: 42 and 17: 25, Liaoning Provincial Early Warning Center and Tieling Meteorological Observatory successively issued the yellow warning signal for lightning and the orange warning signal for hail in kaiyuan city. It is predicted that there will be lightning and hail weather in Kaiyuan in the future, which may be accompanied by strong convective weather such as short-term gale and heavy precipitation.

Meteorologists say that the history of tornado weather is rare. In extremely unstable thunderstorm weather, strong air convection will occur in the atmosphere. The strong updraft interacts with the shear wind in all directions, which makes the middle of the airflow start to rotate and expand up and down, forming a columnar air vortex. Its rotating diameter is getting smaller and smaller, the rotating speed is getting faster and faster, and the air vortex is getting more and more fierce. When the vortex slowly extends down to the ground, it forms a strong negative pressure on the ground, which is a tornado with great destructive power.

: how to save yourself

1. The best place to avoid a tornado is underground. Choose a basement, a windproof cellar and a windowless room on the first floor as your shelter. Don't wait until you see the empty wind, it's too late.

2. Pay attention to the coming signals of tornadoes: dark clouds, Lv Yun, heavy hail, funnel clouds and roaring.

3. If there is no basement, you can choose a small indoor room without windows or an aisle on the ground floor of a solid building.

4. When encountering a tornado, don't take refuge in the aisle or bathroom of the trailer. Strong winds can easily blow away the roof. The safety factor of trailer is very low, and the sealing effect is also very poor.

If it is too late to hide in the outdoor basement, drive to a nearby shelter immediately. Stay away from bridges and highways.

6. If the visibility is less than 5 meters due to strong wind and gravel, pull over, fasten your seat belt and keep the engine running. Put your head under the window. If possible, cover your head with hands and blankets.

7. Don't enter the damaged building to prevent it from collapsing. When checking buildings, use battery lighting equipment instead of candles.

8. In public places, evacuate to designated places. The best shelter is a low-lying place.

9, immediately leave the bridge, gaoling, coastal and dangerous houses or mobile homes. If there are no obstacles nearby, you should lie in Florida.