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title: "Rare Tornadoes Kill at Least 11 in Central China as Maysak's Remnants Spread"
description: "Unusual and destructive tornadoes tore through cities in China's central Hubei province, killing at least 11 people and injuring hundreds, state media said. The twisters, blamed on the remnants of Typhoon Maysak meeting summer storms, flattened homes in a region where such events are almost unheard of."
category: "World"
category_url: https://newsparlor.com/category/world
author: "Elena Castro"
published: 2026-07-07T16:22:00.000Z
updated: 2026-07-07T16:22:00.000Z
canonical: https://newsparlor.com/article/rare-tornadoes-kill-at-least-11-in-central-china-as-maysak-s-remnants-spread
tags: ["china", "tornadoes", "hubei", "typhoon-maysak", "disaster"]
---
# Rare Tornadoes Kill at Least 11 in Central China as Maysak's Remnants Spread

Unusual and destructive tornadoes tore through cities in China's central Hubei province, killing at least 11 people and injuring hundreds, state media said. The twisters, blamed on the remnants of Typhoon Maysak meeting summer storms, flattened homes in a region where such events are almost unheard of.

Tornadoes swept through several cities in China's central Hubei province on Monday evening, killing at least 11 people and injuring hundreds in a region where such storms are extremely rare. Authorities said homes were destroyed and rescue teams were searching the wreckage, as the wider death toll from days of severe weather across the country continued to climb.

## A rare and violent strike

The twisters hit a cluster of Hubei cities, including Huanggang, with winds strong enough to tear apart houses and toss vehicles, [the Global Times reported](https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202607/1365322.shtml). State media put the toll in the province at least 11 dead, with hundreds injured and thousands of homes damaged. One especially vivid account described a man being pulled from a high-rise apartment by the force of the wind, [CNN reported](https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/07/china/man-blown-from-12th-floor-apartment-deadly-tornado-china-intl-hnk), a measure of the storms' ferocity.

Tornadoes are unusual in Hubei, an inland province, and are more often recorded, when they occur at all, in China's south and coastal areas. That made Monday's events a shock, and a reminder that severe rotating storms can form far from where they are typically expected when conditions align.

## Part of a wider spell of bad weather

The tornadoes were the sharpest edge of a broader bout of dangerous weather tied to Typhoon Maysak, whose remnants have pushed inland after the storm crossed southern China and Vietnam. Meteorologists linked the twisters to that system colliding with the region's summer rains. Elsewhere, heavy rain from the same weather has caused deadly flooding, and the combined toll from storms and floods across affected areas has risen further, [Euronews reported](https://www.euronews.com/2026/07/07/death-toll-from-china-storms-and-floods-rises-to-15-state-media-says), with more people killed and large numbers evacuated in the southern region of Guangxi.

## Response and what comes next

Chinese authorities, already on their highest alert for flooding in parts of the country, mobilized rescue and relief efforts across the affected cities, working to reach those trapped and to shelter people left homeless. Casualty figures were described as provisional and could rise as crews reach more damaged areas. Beyond the immediate emergency, the tornadoes are likely to prompt questions about warning systems and building resilience in a place that had little reason to prepare for storms of this kind, and about how a warming climate may be widening the range of extreme weather that communities must reckon with.

## Sources

- [Man blown from 12th-floor apartment as deadly tornado rips through central China](https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/07/china/man-blown-from-12th-floor-apartment-deadly-tornado-china-intl-hnk)
- [11 dead as rare tornado, severe storms hit central China's Hubei](https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202607/1365322.shtml)
- [Death toll from China storms and floods rises, state media says](https://www.euronews.com/2026/07/07/death-toll-from-china-storms-and-floods-rises-to-15-state-media-says)