Three people died after typhoon-like winds pulled them out through their apartment windows in southern China, as extreme weather battered the region over the past week.
A total of seven people had died in Jiangxi province since the exceptionally strong winds began on Sunday, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Thursday. More than 5,400 houses were damaged and 313,000 people affected, of whom about 1,600 had to be evacuated to safety, it added.
The Chinese meteorological authority issued an orange alert - the highest on its three-tier warning system – on Tuesday, the first since 2013, according to the state-run Global Times.
Four deaths and at least 10 injuries were reported in the provincial capital Nanchang, the hardest-hit city, when severe thunderstorms and heavy rains hit on Sunday, according to CCTV.
I had the same thing on mine, low-siding off a mountain pass. Was airborne so long, I remember thinking of what to land on to try increase chances of living. Ended up with rotating over to my right ass to take impact away from spine and accept my legs crumpling everything else after that. And it worked!
Right femur compounded out above the knee, just missed the femoral artery, and had muscle cut out because of the bone doing so much damage, but everything else stayed good. Added to my surgical metal collection and now my right leg is a bit shorter than the other which pisses my hips off, but pretty good considering. I’m sure a cane will be on the cards in a decade or so, which I think is kind of classy.
Glad to hear you’re alive, sounds scary.
Well I actually have a cane being delivered today from amazon lol.
Nice. There may have pain, but now you got style with a conversation starter.
“What happened?”
“Oh, I was more bad ass than most people a few years ago and this is what they give the Masters.”