At least 11 people have died and over 330 have been injured following a series of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms that struck China's central Hubei province on Monday night. The severe weather impacted approximately 14,600 people, state media reported Tuesday.
More than 20 houses were destroyed and over 4,800 others sustained damage. One person remains missing, according to a report from the official Xinhua news agency.
A rare EF2 tornado hit Huanggang city, causing significant damage to buildings. A logistics company and a warehouse project were particularly hard-hit, with winds lifting and displacing multiple trucks by as much as 30 meters (98 feet).
Video footage shared on social media appeared to show high winds forcing open glass doors in a building, causing them to shatter.
Tornadoes are more commonly recorded in southern and coastal provinces like Guangdong and Jiangsu. According to China Weather News, run by the China Meteorological Administration, tornadoes are rare in Hubei province. Meteorological expert Wang Xiaoling told Hubei Daily that multiple factors, including the remnants of Tropical Storm Maysak, contributed to the severe weather event.
In southern China, record-breaking rainfall from Tropical Storm Maysak caused widespread flooding in the Guangxi region, resulting in four deaths in Hengzhou city and leaving eight people missing. Xinhua reported that more than 53,000 people were evacuated in Hengzhou, with an additional 8,000 evacuated in Binyang county.
Guangxi issued a red alert, the highest level, for flooding on Tuesday, with river levels rising up to 7.5 meters (24 feet) above warning levels.