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According to the official Weibo news of the Guangdong Meteorological Public Service Center, a tornado occurred at about 19:25 in Taiping Town, Conghua.

According to the feedback of on-site witnesses, the life history of the tornado was about 3 minutes. The nearest (about 700 meters) to the tornado was the Taiping No. 2 Middle Weather Station, which recorded a level 6 gust (12.6 m/s). Caused power outages in some areas, collapsed temporary scaffolding, damaged green trees and blocked traffic, etc., mainly involving Taiping Development Zone, Taiping Village, and Taiping Town along Jiangxi Road. No casualties have been found so far.

‘Special’ Chinese tornado

As a small-scale weather system, tornadoes are short-lived but extremely destructive.

In fact, there is no “complete statistics” on the research data on tornadoes, because they come and go too quickly and are too small. It is really difficult to record every tornado that occurs in detail. An impossible task.

Compared with the United States, which has more than 1,200 tornadoes per year, the situation in my country is very different. The environment in which tornadoes occur in my country is complex, and most of them occur in heavy rain, thunderstorms, strong winds or typhoons. There are many differences in the environmental conditions of tornado formation under different weather backgrounds.

Usually tornadoes coexist with heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, hail and other types of weather phenomena, making it more difficult to forecast, warn and study tornadoes in my country. In addition, my country has a vast territory, and there are many differences in the environmental conditions of tornado occurrence in different regions.

What to do in the event of a tornado?

A tornado is a relatively violent strong convective weather. After a tornado is formed, it generally lasts for ten minutes to several hours. Its attack range is small, but its destructive power is large. Once encountered, how should we defend against it?

First, if you are at home, be sure to stay away from doors, windows and the outer walls of the house, and hide in the wall or small room opposite to the direction of the tornado. The basement or semi-basement is the safest place to avoid the tornado;

Second, in the event of an emergency pole collapse or house collapse, the power supply should be cut off in time to prevent electric shock to the human body or cause a fire;

Third, when encountering a tornado in the wild, you should look for low-lying places to lie down on the ground, but keep away from big trees, telephone poles, billboards, fences, etc., so as to avoid being smashed, crushed or electric shock accidents;

Fourth, when you go out in a car and encounter a tornado, you should drive in the opposite direction to avoid it, or leave the car immediately and go to a low-lying area to avoid it.

Comprehensive sources: National Emergency Broadcasting Network, China Meteorology, Guangzhou Weather, Guangdong public DV scene, etc.

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