JAKARTA - Extreme weather in the province of Jiangsu, eastern China, on Friday, April 30, claimed the lives of 11 local residents.
As many as 11 residents were killed and 102 others injured when strong winds accompanied the rainstorm ravaged Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, local authorities said, Saturday, May 1.
"Disaster emergency officers have also evacuated 3,050 people since midnight Friday," Antara reported.
The electricity damage had been fixed so that energy supplies returned to normal since Saturday morning, according to local authorities.
The natural disaster in eastern China occurred at the peak of the flow of homecoming a week off International Labor Day.
Since Friday afternoon, airports, train stations, expressways and highways have been congested with travelers.
Chinese citizens have made the momentum of Labor Day a gathering with their families because during the Lunar New Year holiday season in February, Chinese authorities prohibited homecoming.
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