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[00:00:33] A tornado swept through in the middle of the night. A man on the 12th floor was swept out of the window.
[00:00:36] 外
[00:00:37] The residents in the surrounding houses were all safe.
[00:00:42] Without any warning, a strong wind instantly swept through the entire street. The night was instantly turned into a mess, and the residents still felt lingering fear
[00:01:48] when they recalled the shocking scene.
[00:01:51] 回 想 起 那 碗 精 心 动 破 的 一 幕 , 依 旧 心 有 余 记
[00:01:55] In this rare extreme weather,
[00:02:30] the thrilling scene experienced by the businesses on the street was just a microcosm of this disaster.
[00:02:33] Not far from this night market,
[00:02:37] in a residential community, the tornado that night
[00:02:41] stopped, and a man was actually
[00:02:45] directly swept out of the window from the 12th floor
[00:02:48] and fell to the ground below.
[00:02:51] At around 8 p.m. on July 6, 2026,
[00:02:54] Huang Gang was the first to witness it
[00:02:58] among some high-rise residents in Huangzhou District.
[00:03:13] The tornado, with a roaring sound, went straight into the urban area.
[00:03:17] Wherever it passed, sparks kept
[00:03:20] erupting.
[00:03:23] Like many local residents, Ms. Li, who lives in a certain community in Huangzhou District,
[00:03:27] never thought that an unexpected disaster
[00:03:31] would suddenly befall them. Not long after the incident,
[00:03:35] Ms. Li, still in shock, accepted a media interview.
[00:03:38] "We were on the sofa, and then suddenly
[00:03:42] , suddenly there was a very strong wind." That night
[00:03:46] at around 8 p.m., Ms. Li and her husband, Mr. Zhang, who live on the 12th floor,
[00:03:50] had just finished dinner. Mr. Zhang was sitting on the sofa in the living room watching
[00:03:54] TV, and Ms. Li was rocking her baby to sleep
[00:03:57] in the cradle. The couple had no idea what was happening.
[00:05:42] The living room was completely cleared, and what was most unexpected
[00:05:46] was that Mr. Zhang, who was originally in the living room, was also missing.
[00:05:50] I searched every room for my husband, but I couldn't find him. I don't know where he is.
[00:06:55] Mr. Wang quickly opened the door to rescue Ms. Li and the child. Without time to catch his breath, he immediately rushed to the stairwell, ran down from the 12th floor to the first floor, and urgently searched for his cousin, whose life or death was unknown.
[00:06:59] Finally, he found Mr. Zhang,
[00:07:03] who was barely breathing, in a green belt.
[00:07:05] Mr. Zhang, who fell from the 12th floor,
[00:07:08] had completely lost consciousness, but he was still alive.
[00:07:33] All were shattered by the strong wind. Many affected families didn't even have time to repair, so they could only temporarily seal the windows with tarps.
[00:07:37] That window in the distance is Mr. Zhang's home. Mr. Wang, Mr. Zhang's cousin,
[00:07:41] accepted a media interview.
[00:08:42] For an adult to fall from the 12th floor, the hope of survival is very slim.
[00:08:46] Fortunately, Mr. Zhang was blocked by a trash can
[00:08:50] during his fall, and the impact was partially absorbed.
[00:08:53] After being rescued, Mr. Zhang was diagnosed with brain injury and multiple
[00:08:57] fractures all over his body, and has been receiving treatment
[00:09:00] in the intensive care unit. The man was caught in the whirlwind,
[00:09:04] his life hanging
[00:09:05] by a thread.
[00:11:30] The video, which was mistaken by firefighters for the scene of an explosion or earthquake, was the ruins left behind after the tornado swept through the Yuanqu area. Wuliuyuan
[00:11:34] District covers nearly 100 mu, mostly steel structure workshops, office buildings,
[00:11:38] and truck parking lots. In just a few minutes, the park was almost
[00:11:41] razed to the ground. The caller said that
[00:11:45] there were no workers operating in the park that night, but a workshop crushed a row of low-rise workers'
[00:11:49] dormitories. A worker was trapped under the debris,
[00:11:53] his life or death unknown.
[00:12:26] "Is anyone there?" The rescue personnel arrived at the door of the last dormitory.
[00:12:30] The scene before them was desperate. "No one is in
[00:12:34] our room either."
[00:12:37] The roof of this small room, which was only seven or eight square meters,
[00:12:41] had completely collapsed, and the ground was covered with thick
[00:12:45] tiles. The trapped man mentioned by the caller was nowhere to be seen.
[00:12:48] The bricks and tiles at the scene were already very deep.
[00:12:52] The person might have been buried, and the hope
[00:12:56] of survival might not be very high. Where was the trapped person,
[00:12:59] and what was his condition? The firefighters didn't have time to think and immediately started the rescue.
[00:13:03] Due to the on-site conditions, large equipment could not be used, so they could only
[00:13:07] rely on experience to dig by hand.
[00:13:09] "Hurry up and dig him out.
[00:13:13] Our gloves, our fingers were worn out.
[00:13:17] As we were digging, suddenly a brick moved.
[00:13:21] After seeing his head move, we felt that this person definitely had a deeper hope of survival."
[00:13:25] The trapped person was still alive, with weak breathing. Everyone at the scene
[00:13:29] did not dare to make a sound.
[00:13:30] The trapped man was found.
[00:13:36] But everyone soon realized that the man's entire
[00:13:40] body was tightly wrapped by a huge plastic film
[00:13:44] that fell with the ceiling.
[00:13:46] The thick plastic film fell with the collapse of the ceiling, completely covering the trapped person.
[00:13:49] Moreover, his face was a bit pale, as if he had been covered for a long time.
[00:13:52] 全 盖 在 那 个 背 fy 人 的 身 上 。
[00:13:55] 而且他臉色有點發白發的那種就是被的時間帶過一長了
[00:14:00] They opened it, and he was inside.
[00:14:06] The firefighters immediately opened the plastic film covering the man's mouth to prevent him from inhaling. After opening it, they saw the trapped person breathing heavily. If his breathing slowed down, he might not have survived.
[00:14:20] "Use a
[00:14:21] oh, can't open it. Use a quick extension."
[00:14:26] The trapped man looked to be less than 30 years old, with a pale face and blurry
[00:14:30] consciousness. After continuous clearing by the firefighters, the man's upper body
[00:14:33] gradually emerged from the debris, but his limbs were still
[00:14:37] buried under the ruins, and one of his arms was tightly
[00:14:41] pressed by a stone slab. The team members immediately adjusted the force angle,
[00:14:45] and slowly lifted
[00:14:46] it.
[00:16:07] He immediately turned sideways and firmly propped against the wall with his arm,
[00:16:11] avoiding secondary injury to the trapped person.
[00:16:27] As the man's feet were pulled out, the tense rescue finally came
[00:16:31] to an end.
[00:16:33] Oh, dear. The entire area's
[00:19:07] broken walls and beams were still tottering. The risk of secondary collapse had not
[00:19:11] yet been eliminated. The firefighter
[00:19:15] carried the woman firmly on his back, and quickly evacuated
[00:19:19] this dangerous area. Trust
[00:19:22] us.
[00:19:28] Step by step.
[00:19:32] Just a few meters out of the room, that jade plate that had been hanging
[00:19:36] collapsed with a crash.
[00:20:07] The reporter revisited the heavily damaged logistics park. The collapsed buildings
[00:20:11] and scattered debris still seemed to allow people to see
[00:20:15] the shocking night.
[00:20:18] The top of the building
[00:20:30] was
[00:20:31] about 400 jin. When it came down, it directly smashed the second floor's floor to the first floor.
[00:20:37] 400金左右下來的時候把二樓的地板完完全直接砸到一樓
[00:20:47] This scene of waste was late
[00:21:20] The rescued man, surnamed Huang, 27 years old, is a technician
[00:21:24] in the Wuliuyuan District. He was diagnosed with multiple pelvic fractures.
[00:21:27] According to his recollection, he was working overtime in the dormitory
[00:21:31] when the collapse happened in a few seconds, and he had no time to react.
[00:21:47] The woman who was pressed by the jade plate at that time.
[00:22:40] What caused this tornado? The reporter came to the Hubei
[00:22:43] Provincial Meteorological Bureau to seek an answer. So for
[00:22:47] such a strong tornado of EF3 level, its occurrence probability is very rare.
[00:22:53] Basically, among 100 tornadoes, only six can reach this EF3 level.
[00:22:57] According to the professional meteorological agency's assessment, this tornado
[00:23:01] was an EF3 strong tornado. This level of tornado itself
[00:23:05] is relatively rare, and its occurrence within urban areas is even
[00:23:08] a low-probability event. Experts said that this was an extreme weather
[00:23:12] caused by multiple meteorological factors working together. On the one hand,
[00:23:16] the residual circulation of Typhoon Meisac and the southwest airflow
[00:23:20] on the periphery of the subtropical high pressure overlapped over our province,
[00:23:24] which also formed a relatively strong warm and humid airflow. On the other hand,
[00:23:28] the cold air from the rear of the northeast cold vortex intruded,
[00:23:32] accelerating the instability of the atmospheric layer, forming a strong
[00:23:35] upward airflow. At the same time, in the eastern part of our province, there was also
[00:23:39] a strong vertical wind shear between the high and low altitudes.
[00:23:43] First, in the horizontal direction, a rotating vortex
[00:23:47] tube was formed. Then, with the strong upward movement of the thundercloud,
[00:23:51] this vortex tube was transformed into a vortex tube
[00:23:55] rotating rapidly in the vertical direction. This formed
[00:23:59] the funnel we see, which is a tornado.
[00:24:02] Despite encountering a rare strong tornado, after the disaster occurred, the local
[00:24:06] government and fire rescue teams quickly carried out rescue operations
[00:24:10] and resettled the masses, minimizing the losses of the masses.
[00:24:14] Currently, relevant facility repair work is being carried out
[00:24:17] in an orderly manner. Today, we
[00:24:23] invited Professor Ning Zhanjin from the China Fire and Rescue Academy as our guest. Hello, Professor Ning. We see that
[00:24:26] this tornado that attacked Huanggang Huangzhou District in Hubei
[00:24:30] was rated as an EF3 level.
[00:24:33] In fact, we rarely see this level of tornado,
[00:24:37] especially in inland cities, it is very rare. So, according to your understanding, what are
[00:24:41] the typical characteristics of this type of tornado?
[00:24:45] If it affects inland urban areas, what kind of damage will it cause to buildings
[00:24:49] and residents? Tornadoes are characterized by small scale,
[00:24:53] strong destructive power, and short duration, but they have
[00:24:56] enormous destructive power. The size of a tornado is generally
[00:25:00] less than 100 meters. From its formation to dissipation,
[00:25:04] it often only takes a few minutes to tens of minutes, but its maximum
[00:25:08] wind speed can reach 100 to
[00:25:11] 150 meters per second. That is, 360 to
[00:25:15] 540 kilometers per hour. Compared with our high-speed rail,
[00:25:18] its speed is even higher than that of high-speed rail.
[00:25:22] Tornadoes often uproot large trees, overturn vehicles,
[00:25:26] and destroy buildings. Tornadoes can also trigger power outages,
[00:25:30] elevator failures, gas leaks, water and
[00:25:33] internal leaks, and other secondary disasters. Their harm
[00:25:37] is very serious. The center of a tornado is a downdraft, and its
[00:25:41] four sides are extremely strong updrafts. It will suck people,
[00:25:45] livestock, and cars into the air.
[00:25:49] In this disaster, the resident on the 12th floor was caught
[00:25:52] outside the window, which is essentially caused by the strong wind's
[00:25:56] pressure difference and suction. So, if we know
[00:25:59] about a tornado,
[00:26:27] return to the city, close doors and windows, cut off unnecessary power, close the gas valve, businesses should stop operating, and quickly
[00:26:31] dismantle.
[00:26:33] Or lay down outdoor billboards, etc.
[00:27:03] If you are in a high-rise building, you should quickly go to
[00:27:06] a room without windows, a bathroom, or an internal hallway,
[00:27:10] stay away from doors, windows, balconies, and exterior walls.
[00:27:13] The shocking rescue scenes in today's program
[00:27:17] left a deep impression on us, and also sounded an alarm for everyone.
[00:27:21] Inland areas can also be affected by extreme weather
[00:27:25] such as tornadoes. Cities built of steel and concrete
[00:27:29] are not impenetrable, besides.
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