Rescue operations underway as C China’s Huanggang City hit by EF2 tornado
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
An aerial drone photo taken on July 7, 2026 shows a view of the tornado-hit area in Huanggang City, central China’s Hubei Province. Rescue operations have been underway since the city was hit by an EF2 tornado on Monday evening. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
An aerial drone photo taken on July 7, 2026 shows a view of the tornado-hit area in Huanggang City, central China’s Hubei Province. Rescue operations have been underway since the city was hit by an EF2 tornado on Monday evening. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
An aerial drone photo taken on July 7, 2026 shows a view of the tornado-hit area in Huanggang City, central China’s Hubei Province. Rescue operations have been underway since the city was hit by an EF2 tornado on Monday evening. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
An aerial drone photo taken on July 7, 2026 shows a view of the tornado-hit area in Huanggang City, central China’s Hubei Province. Rescue operations have been underway since the city was hit by an EF2 tornado on Monday evening. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
Rescuers help residents retrieve valuable items from their tornado-hit residences in Huangzhou District of Huanggang City in central China’s Hubei Province, July 7, 2026. Rescue operations have been underway since the city was hit by a tornado on Monday evening. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
Rescuers work at a tornado-hit logistics park in Huangzhou District of Huanggang City in central China’s Hubei Province, July 7, 2026. Rescue operations have been underway since the city was hit by a tornado on Monday evening. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
Workers remove debris at a tornado-hit logistics park in Huangzhou District of Huanggang City in central China’s Hubei Province, July 7, 2026. Rescue operations have been underway since the city was hit by a tornado on Monday evening. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
A rescuer works at a tornado-hit logistics park in Huangzhou District of Huanggang City in central China’s Hubei Province, July 7, 2026. Rescue operations have been underway since the city was hit by a tornado on Monday evening. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
Rescuers work at a tornado-hit logistics park in Huangzhou District of Huanggang City in central China’s Hubei Province, July 7, 2026. Rescue operations have been underway since the city was hit by a tornado on Monday evening. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
Rescuers help residents retrieve valuable items from their tornado-hit residences in Huangzhou District of Huanggang City in central China’s Hubei Province, July 7, 2026. Rescue operations have been underway since the city was hit by a tornado on Monday evening. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
Workers remove debris at a tornado-hit logistics park in Huangzhou District of Huanggang City in central China’s Hubei Province, July 7, 2026. Rescue operations have been underway since the city was hit by a tornado on Monday evening. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
Workers remove debris at a tornado-hit logistics park in Huangzhou District of Huanggang City in central China’s Hubei Province, July 7, 2026. Rescue operations have been underway since the city was hit by a tornado on Monday evening. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
This photo shows a scene at a tornado-hit logistics park in Huangzhou District of Huanggang City in central China’s Hubei Province, July 7, 2026. Rescue operations have been underway since the city was hit by a tornado on Monday evening. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
Affected residents are treated at a hospital in Huanggang City in central China’s Hubei Province, July 7, 2026. Rescue operations have been underway since the city was hit by a tornado on Monday evening. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
Rescuers take a rest after a night-long operation at a tornado-hit residential compound in Huangzhou District of Huanggang City in central China’s Hubei Province, July 7, 2026. Rescue operations have been underway since the city was hit by a tornado on Monday evening.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
