A street floods after strong rainfall in Fuzhou City, the capital of East China's Fujian Province, April 24, 2016. Local residents are having trouble moving around low-lying areas of the city that have been submerged by floodwater. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Dongming)
Seven people were injured when a tornado swept through part of southern China's Guangdong Province on Sunday, authorities said Monday.
Four of the injured were taken to hospital around 4:30 p.m., after the tornado damaged more than 540 buildings in three villages, said the emergency response office of Shantou City Government in a written statement.
The aluminum roof of a 2,000-sq-m building was swept away in Hecuo Village, leaving two people hospitalized. Another five injured were reported in Yangmei and Shigu villages, it said.
