Harbin City in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province was hit by extreme strong winds and sandstorm weather before sunset on Sunday.
As fierce winds swept sand and dust through urban areas and briefly made daytime as dark as night, visibility in some areas dropped to less than 500 meters.
The wind caused trees across Harbin's urban areas to topple over, resulting in damage to vehicles. Some power lines were also affected.
In response, local urban management, landscaping and power supply departments carried out emergency response measures, including removing fallen trees, cleaning roads and restoring electricity supply.
By Monday morning, power supply to the high-voltage transmission lines affected by the strong winds had been restored.
Extreme winds, sandstorm hit China's Harbin, turning daytime dark
Five patients infected with the Ebola Bundibugyo virus have recovered in Bunia, the capital of Ituri Province in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), health authorities said Sunday.
Four of the recovered patients, all medical workers, were discharged on Sunday from an Ebola treatment center in Bunia after testing negative twice for Ebola, while another patient, a laboratory worker, had already returned home, according to the DRC's National Institute of Public Health.
The DRC Health Ministry said Sunday that 263 confirmed cases had been reported in the country as of Friday, including 42 deaths among confirmed cases.
Director-General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Jean Kaseya said on Sunday that more than 1,100 test results were still pending as of Saturday.
The recoveries came as the DRC stepped up laboratory testing and case management in affected areas. DRC Health Minister Roger Kamba said Saturday that there were no pending samples awaiting laboratory testing, stressing that response teams were continuing surveillance, contact tracing, and case verification.
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was present in Bunia for the inauguration of a new Ebola treatment center and hailed the recoveries.
"We are still working on vaccines and treatments, but that does not mean that people cannot recover from Ebola," Tedros said.
5 Ebola patients recover as DR Congo reports 263 confirmed cases
