Powerful tornado rips through Yancheng city, eastern China, leaving 51 dead

Powerful tornado rips through Yancheng city, eastern China, leaving 51 dead

A powerful tornado accompanied by heavy rainfall and hailstones hit northern Jiangsu, eastern China at 06:30 UTC on Thursday, June 23, 2016, destroying houses, overturning cars and flattening power lines. As of 12:30 UTC, there were 51 reported deaths. This made the…

Green algae to continue spread off China’s east coastline

Green algae to continue spread off China’s east coastline

A break-out of algae bloom, or “green tide,” has spread nearly 20,000 square km in waters off China’s east coastline, sources with the country’s maritime authorities said Sunday. The North China Sea Marine Forecasting Center of State Oceanic Administration