Three sleeping people were reportedly sucked out of the apartment by typhoon-like winds. heavy rain and hailstorm struck the southeast China.
According to the Jiangxi Provincial Emergency Flood Control Headquarters, at least seven people have lost their lives in the extreme weather that began on March 31 and engulfed nine cities, including Nanchang and Jiujiang, and affected 93,000 people in 54 counties.
Three people, including an 11-year-old boy, reportedly fell to their deaths from a single high-rise residential building on Sunday. In the storm. Strong winds ripped door-sized windows from their frames in two apartment buildings in Nanchang.
According to local media reports, the residents were pulled from their beds through the hole and jumped to their deaths. According to reports, dozens of homes were also severely damaged. Associated Press.
of The storm started on Sunday And it lasted until Tuesday. Authorities were investigating the circumstances of the three victims' falls.
A man named Mr. Xu, who lives on the 20th floor of the building, said: South China Morning Post The wind blew out all the windows in the living room and bedroom and blown his 64-year-old mother and her 11-year-old son out of their apartment, police said.
The third victim, a 60-year-old woman, said her husband, Wang, was dragged out of their 11th-floor bedroom window. The man reportedly survived because he was sleeping in a room that was not affected by the storm.
After a frantic search throughout the house, Wang eventually discovered that the floor-to-ceiling windows of the room had been completely blown out.
In the viral video, his wife's bed was seen next to a window with no glass. Details of how his wife was ejected from the building are unclear, but Wang later discovered her wife's body at the building's foundation.
„I'm completely at a loss,“ he said.
A full assessment of the damage is still underway.