Hailstorm Kills 87, Injures 4,200
The death toll from a hailstorm that ripped through southwest China’s Sichuan province has reached 87, the official Xinhua News Agency said Friday.
About 4,200 people in 10 cities were injured in Thursday’s storm, which caused an estimated $40 million in damage in the hardest-hit city of Luzhou.
The report quoted Sichuan officials as saying that 90,000 homes were damaged in Luzhou and that 40% of the windows and doors in high buildings were damaged. Fifty-two air force training aircraft stationed in Luzhou were damaged.
More than 60,000 houses in Gulin County and 4,300 in Zigong City were destroyed, the officials said.
The storm struck shortly after midnight and continued until 4 a.m. Thursday, pelting the area with hailstorms.
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