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Watch: Moment rare tornado lashes central Chinese cities

Rare tornado hits central Chinese cities, killing at least 11

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Severe thunderstorms and a rare tornado swept through Ezhou and Huanggang in central China's Hubei province, killing at least 11 people. A student described the event as initially seeming like an ordinary thunderstorm until debris began flying through the air. Videos circulating online show the storm's destructive force, with flying glass injuring many students.

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A student in Huanggang city told the BBC that he had thought it was 'just an ordinary thunderstorm', until he saw 'things started flying through the air outside' the dormitory window.

'A lot of students were cut by flying glass,' he said.

'It wasn't until everything had finally stopped that I realized I had just lived through a disaster.'

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Videos shared with the BBC show debris flying through the air as the storm swept through Ezhou and Huanggang in Hubei province.

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