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China extreme weather: Dozens die in Jiangsu province China extreme weather: Dozens die in Jiangsu province
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Fifty-one people have died and dozens have been injured in eastern China as a result of extreme weather events, Chinese state media says. Fifty-one people have died and dozens have been injured in eastern China as a result of extreme weather events, Chinese state media say.
News agency Xinhua reports that the province of Jiangsu was hit by lightning, rainstorms, hailstorms and a tornado. Official news agency Xinhua reports that hailstorms, heavy rain and a tornado hit the province of Jiangsu on Thursday afternoon.
Homes in Yancheng city were flattened as storms hit on Thursday afternoon, it said. Homes in Yancheng city were flattened, it adds.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Many parts of China have been hit by torrential rains this week.
Please refresh the page for the fullest version. Floods in central China killed 22 people and displaced nearly 200,000, state media said.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. Direct economic losses from the floods were estimated at 2.7bn yuan ($410m).
China's vice premier Wang Yang has said that China faces volatile weather conditions as a result of the influence of El Nino on weather patterns.