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Storm in China brings down buildings and overturns ship in Nantong near Shanghai
An extreme thunderstorm in China that brought down buildings and trees has killed 11 people and injured more than 100 others.
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- More than 13,000 people have been affected by the extreme weather
- About 3,050 people had to be evacuated
- People were killed by falling trees and electricity poles and some were blown into water by strong winds
Nantong city, located near Shanghai in the eastern province of Jiangsu, was among the hardest-hit when the extreme weather swept the Yangtze Delta on Friday night, according to state-affiliated newspaper Global Times.
Strong winds gusting to 162 kilometres per hour pounded the city of 8 million people on the north bank of the Yangtze River, accompanied by hailstones the size of large marbles.
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