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China: Rare tornadoes tear through central cities

China: Rare tornadoes tear through central cities
France 24 Tuesday 07 July 2026, 16:11 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. China: Rare tornadoes tear through central cities Issued on: Share At least eight people were killed as two rare tornadoes wrought devastation in central China's Hubei province state media said on Tuesday, with winds of up to 149 kph (92.58 mph) ripping through buildings and overturning cars.
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