At about 5:15 p.m. on July 3, Kaiyuan city, Liaoning Province, was hit by a sudden tornado with a speed of 23 m / S (Level 9). The tornado was formed by jingouzi Town, passing through Xingkai street and Kaiyuan economic development zone. It lasted for 15 minutes and then weakened into a low pressure.
After the disaster, Kaiyuan city immediately launched the level 2 emergency response plan. The Secretary of Tieling Municipal Party Committee Li Shiwei, deputy secretary of Tieling Municipal Party committee and acting mayor Sui Xianli, deputy secretary of Tieling Municipal Party committee and acting mayor, Meng Xiangfei, executive vice mayor Li Dexin and other leaders rushed to the scene for command at the first time He visited the scene of the disaster and directed emergency, fire, armed police, public security, traffic control, medical and other rescue teams to participate in the rescue, and rescued more than 210 trapped people.
At present, preliminary statistics have resulted in six deaths and more than 190 injured. The specific situation is under statistics. On site rescue is proceeding in an orderly manner.
According to the Publicity Department of Kaiyuan municipal Party committee, a tornado broke out in Kaiyuan city, Tieling, Liaoning Province at about 5:00 p.m. on July 3. The tornado lasted for several minutes. Several electric poles and street lamps were blown down and cars were overturned in the strong wind.
At 4:50 p.m., Tieling meteorological station issued a yellow lightning warning signal. It is estimated that in the next 1-2 hours, there will be lightning weather in Tieling City, Kaiyuan city and Tieling County, which will last for 2-3 hours. Meanwhile, there may be strong convective weather such as short-term gale, hail and short-term heavy precipitation. At present, the relevant rescue, meteorological and other data are in the process of statistics.
According to the surging news, a staff member of Kaiyuan Municipal People's government told reporters that some people were injured due to extreme weather. At present, some of the injured have been treated in Kaiyuan central hospital. The number of injured is still under further statistics.
A staff member of Tieling Municipal People's government told surging news that at present, the Municipal Emergency Management Bureau, power supply company and fire rescue team members have participated in the rescue, but the specific rescue situation is not clear.
At about 20:30 on the 3rd, a staff member surnamed Zhao of Kaiyuan Meteorological Bureau told the surging news that a strong convective weather with tornado and hail occurred at about 17:00 on the evening of the 3rd, and the place of the incident was Tiexi Industrial Park. The staff also said that Kaiyuan city in recent decades did not appear tornadoes, tornadoes with hail weather.
Kaiyuan Meteorological Bureau another staff member surnamed Wu said that the Bureau's observation station data showed that the severe convective weather started at 17:25 and dissipated at 17:37.
At 19:07, the official microblog @ Tieling Meteorological Bureau of Tieling City issued a rainstorm red warning signal: in the past 60 minutes, the precipitation in Fangshan Town and Songshan township of Kaiyuan city has reached 50-70 mm; it is estimated that there will be 35-55 mm of precipitation in the next 1-2 hours. Please take precautions.