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Strong winds, hailstorms batter Jiujiang in China's Jiangxi Province, no casualties reported

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Strong winds, hailstorms batter Jiujiang in China's Jiangxi Province, no casualties reported

2025-08-25 17:31 Last Updated At:21:27

Strong winds and hailstorms triggered by severe convective weather battered Wuning County, Jiujiang City, in east China's Jiangxi Province on Sunday afternoon, causing varying degrees of damage to rice crops, trees, houses, and power facilities.

At around 15:30 on Sunday, Henglu Township in Wuning suffered from a rare autumn hailstorm after the heavy rain. 

Hailstones, with the size of broad beans, fell densely and lasted approximately 20 minutes.

As a result, numerous trees along the roads were knocked down, crops in the fields were flattened, and some houses and power facilities sustained damages. Fortunately, no casualties were reported.

After the storms, local town and village officials immediately went to the scene to assess the situation and organize production self-rescue.

Local power supply and transportation had been restored by Sunday night.

Strong winds, hailstorms batter Jiujiang in China's Jiangxi Province, no casualties reported

Strong winds, hailstorms batter Jiujiang in China's Jiangxi Province, no casualties reported

China recorded more than 201 million cross-regional passenger trips on Saturday, the second day of the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday, according to data released by the Ministry of Transport.

The cross-regional passenger trips totaled 201.194 million, down 13.1 percent from the previous day and 1.8 percent lower than the same period last year, the ministry said.

Among the total, railway passenger trips numbered 12.143 million, while road transport handled 186.34 million passenger trips.

Waterway passenger traffic totaled 1.031 million trips, and the civil aviation sector handled 1.68 million passenger trips during the day, according to the ministry.

Passenger trips top 201 million on Day 2 of holiday

Passenger trips top 201 million on Day 2 of holiday

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