By Mahmut Atanur
BEIJING (AA) - More than 50 people died after a fatal storm and tornado struck a city in China's southeast on Thursday afternoon.
The official Xinhua News Agency reported that torrential downpours, hailstorms and a tornado battered parts of Yancheng city at 2.30 p.m. (0730GMT), causing many houses to topple.
Transportation and electricity have also been cut off, it added.
Additional media reports reported dozens of other people being killed.