FIFTY-ONE people died and dozens were injured in extreme weather in East China’s Jiangsu Province on Thursday, local authorities said.

    Downpours, hailstorms and a tornado battered parts of Yancheng City at 2:30 p.m., destroying houses, the city government said in a press release.

    The extreme weather was reported in several townships of Funing and Sheyang counties in the suburbs of Yancheng.

    Gales of 125 km per hour battered several outer townships of Funing County, while in She-yang, the winds reached 100 km per hour.

    Many houses collapsed in the gales, with 51 deaths reported and dozens of injuries as of 8:30 p.m. Thursday.(Xinhua)

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