Four Killed in Storm in East China City

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Four Killed in Storm in East China City

Four people were killed and eight others seriously injured Friday evening when a thunder storm hit this capital city of east China's Zhejiang Province.

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Four people were killed and eight others seriously injured Friday evening when a thunder storm hit this capital city of east China's Zhejiang Province.

The accident occurred at around 8:15 p.m. Friday, when a strong gale caused two work sheds at different construction sites to collapse.

A total of 42 workers were under the collapsed sheds. Four of them were killed and eight others were seriously injured. The injured are being treated in local hospitals.

The thunder storm lasted for some 30 minutes. There were reports of hails in some parts of the city.

Government officials of the city immediately rushed to the scenes to direct rescue work. The city government issued an urgent circular Friday evening demanding all the city's districts and counties make a thorough check-up of all construction sites, work sheds and buildings in bad conditions.

In another development, torrential rain with hailstones hit Guangzhou, capital city of south China's Guangdong Province, at around 7:32 a.m. Saturday. The hailfall lasted for five minutes.

There were no immediate reports of casualties.

The hailfall drastically lowered the temperature in Guangzhou, which has been in summer weather conditions since the end of March.

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