Nearly a dozen people dead as thunderstorms, tornadoes and landslides hit China

Severe storms, tornadoes, and landslides across China have caused 15 deaths and hundreds of injuries, with tens of thousands evacuated. In Hubei province, severe convective weather and gale-force winds killed 11 people and injured 331. Leader Xi Jinping has called for all-out rescue efforts as 16 individuals remain buried following a landslide in the west. These events follow widespread flooding in Guangxi caused by the year's first typhoon, as reported by state news agency Xinhua.