On July 6, the Emergency Management Bureau of Heze City, Shandong Province issued a briefing:

On the afternoon of July 5th, affected by the warm and humid airflow in the southwest of the upper trough and the edge of subtropical high, natural disasters of strong convective tornadoes suddenly occurred in Dongming County and Juancheng County of Heze City, causing 88 injuries, of which 5 died after being rescued. Preliminary verification showed that 2,820 houses were damaged, 60,900 mu of farmland was affected, and 48 power supply lines were damaged.

At present, medical experts are doing their best to treat the injured. All kinds of disaster relief and production and life restoration work are in progress, and roads, power supply, water use and communication have been basically restored.

How did tornadoes form?

Tornado is a kind of small-scale air vortex generated under strong unstable weather conditions. The central wind force can reach 100 ~ 200m/s, and the diameter of the lower part of tornado is generally between several meters and hundreds of meters, and the extremely large tornado can reach 1km. After the tornado is formed, it usually lasts for ten minutes to several hours, and the attack range is small, but the destructive power is great.

Where are tornadoes prone to occur in China?

In the case of meeting weather conditions, the plain area is relatively high in tornadoes. For China, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the Pearl River Delta, the Northeast Plain and the North China Plain are all areas where tornadoes occur more frequently. The plain area is densely populated, so special attention should be paid to prevention and response.

Common occurrence time of tornadoes

Spring and summer

Most of them occur in thunderstorm weather in summer.

Especially in the afternoon to evening.

Tornadoes are highly destructive.

When encountering a tornado,

We should quickly find a safe haven.

"formalism at the fingertips"

Complaint reporting platform

The official website of the Corps and WeChat WeChat official account set up a platform of "formalism at the fingertips" to report complaints and accept the supervision of the province’s fire fighters and the public. Accepting issues related to "formalism at the fingertips" in the government mobile Internet application program, government public account and working group of Fujian Fire and Rescue Corps.

Source: Fujian Fire Protection, Comprehensive People’s Republic of China (PRC) Emergency Management Department, Xinhua News Agency, CCTV News, Heze Emergency Management Bureau.

Original title: "Sudden tornado! It has caused 5 deaths and 83 injuries.

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