Aerial photos posted by Chinese state media showed wide devastation in part of the southern city of Guangzhou after a tornado swept through the day before, killing five people, injuring dozens of others and damaging more than 140 buildings.
As businesses and residents began cleaning up debris, the images showed block upon block of devastation in the hardest-hit areas with a few clusters of buildings standing amid the destruction, a truck overturned on its side and cars crushed by rubble. The sheet metal roofs on some buildings were torn off.
The tornado injured 33 people and knocked out power in the area. The tornado, which struck during an afternoon thunderstorm that also brought hail, damaged 141 factory buildings, according to authorities.
Guangzhou is the capital of Guangdong province and a manufacturing hub near Hong Kong.
No homes were said to be destroyed, although a news website under the Southern Media Group reported that some had broken windows.
