A tornado that struck the city of Guangzhou in southern China killed five people and left 33 injured, state news agency Xinhua said on Saturday, citing local authorities.
The tornado struck the city's Baiyun district on Saturday afternoon, the report said, adding that 141 factory buildings were damaged but no residential houses had collapsed, the report said.
Rescuers from the city's emergency management, weather, fire, water supply and health departments, as well as local residents, were dispatched to the area, Xinhua said, adding that search and rescue work there had been completed.
Last year, China's Jiangsu was hit by a violent tornado that killed 10 people after heavy rains lashed southeastern China, causing mass evacuations and landslides in the wake of persistent storms caused by the remnants of Typhoon Haikui.
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