The tornado in Wuhan has caused 6 deaths and 218 injuries. Why are there tornadoes in inland cities?
Tornadoes are not a common disaster in China, and basically tornadoes occur every year. As long as the formation conditions are met, tornadoes may occur regardless of coastal or inland areas.
Spring and summer are tornado-prone seasons in China. The middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are tornado-prone areas in China. Tornadoes have occurred in many inland cities. At about 19: on June 27, 22, a tornado was generated near Jingmen City, Hubei Province. After preliminary verification and judgment by the expert group, this time it was an EF1-EF2 tornado.
Wuhan and Suzhou were hit by tornadoes?
at 2: on may 14th, Wuhan was hit by heavy rain, strong winds and strong convective weather, among which caidian district's Zhashan area and Wuhan Economic Development Zone's Junshan area were hit by tornadoes, which caused some villages and bays to be damaged, a large number of trees were broken and some sheds collapsed. It is judged that this tornado is an EF2 tornado (corresponding to the wind speed of 49 to 6 meters per second).
According to reports, the wind speed of EF2 tornado is 191 ~ 26 km/h, which can blow heavy objects hundreds of meters away, overturn cars, uproot trees, and blow away the roof and walls together, so it is called a big tornado. ?
On the same day, shengze town, Wujiang District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province was also hit by a tornado. The pictures taken by witnesses showed that the tornado was rapidly advancing with heavy rain, and the branches and other sundries were rolled into the sky together. A truck driver said in an interview with the media that his 2-ton truck stopped at the door with a handbrake and was blown away by a tornado. According to the report of Suzhou Municipal Government, it was preliminarily judged as an EF3 tornado, and the maximum wind force in the center was 17.
what are the above references? Qingdao News Network-12 people were killed in a tornado raid in Wuhan and Suzhou.