A level 9 tornado in Wuhan has killed 8 people and injured 230 people. Why are tornadoes so scary?
A tornado is an upright hollow tube that occurs between the bottom of a straight cloud system and the underlying surface. The rotating airflow is a severe weather phenomenon on a local scale.
A tornado is a rare local small-scale sudden strong convective weather. It is a strong small-scale air movement caused by air convection under strong and unstable weather conditions. swirl.
From the evening to night of May 14, 2021, a large number of strong convections broke out in the Yangtze River Basin of my country. Among them, the most severely affected areas were the Yanshan area of Caidian District in Wuhan, Hubei Province, and a level 9 tornado in the Junshan area of Wuhan Economic Development Zone.
According to relevant reports, this tornado appeared in Caidian, Wuhan. The tornado was very destructive and very strong. Not only were trees uprooted and houses collapsed, cars rolled over, and hanging towers bent, but some collapsed houses also showed the characteristics of shattering damage, which is the level of damage caused by powerful tornadoes.
At present, the tornado in Caidian, Wuhan has killed 8 people and injured 230 people. 3,568 people have been affected. 1,197 people have been urgently relocated. 86 houses have collapsed in 28 households and 130 houses have been seriously damaged. 400 rooms. This level of damage was only a level 9 tornado. Many people said, wasn't it a level 9 tornado? How destructive is a level 9 tornado?
Tornadoes have occurred in most cities in my country, mainly in Jiangsu, Guangdong and other areas. Different levels of tornadoes are very harmful, and the protection is also very different.
The Wuhan Category 9 tornado had a wind speed of 23.9 meters per second. The destructive power is relatively powerful.
Wang Li, director of the Wuhan Meteorological Bureau, said in an interview with reporters that after a tornado occurs, you must stay away from doors, windows and peripheral walls of the house at home, and try to hide in a room opposite to the direction of the tornado. In the event of a house collapse, the power supply should be cut off immediately to prevent electric shock or fire.
If you encounter a tornado in the wild, you should choose a low-lying area and lie down on the ground, away from big trees and electric poles, to avoid being run over or getting an electric shock. Cars have almost no resistance to tornadoes. If you encounter a tornado while driving, you must not take shelter in the car. You should immediately leave the car and take shelter in a low-lying area.