Five dead in China after Tornado rips through Guangzhou

Beijing: At least five people were killed and 33 injured after a Tornado struck the Chinese city of Guangzhou on Saturday, state media reported. Ch...

Beijing: At least five people were killed and 33 injured after a Tornado struck the Chinese city of Guangzhou on Saturday, state media reported.

China's official Xinhua news agency said that the Tornado hit the Guangdong Province capital, in the country's south, around 3 pm (0700 GMT).

The extreme weather was the latest to hit the country's industrial heartland. Guangdong, China's most populous province, is home to 127 million people and thousands of factories that power the nation's export sector.

Some 141 factories were damaged, though no houses had collapsed, Xinhua reported.