Shock as freak winds in China kill 3, including a child, by sucking them out of broken high-rise windows as they slept
- Deadly gusts take lives of trio who lived in same residential block
- Man’s frantic search for wife ends in finding her dead at foot of building
The death of three people in China who were swept up and blown out of the windows of their homes by strong winds has shocked mainland social media.
A series of freakishly strong winds hit Jiangxi province in southern China in the middle of the night of March 31.
A total of four people were killed and at least 10 were injured. Three of the dead, who lived in the same residential building, were ripped from their high-rise flats by the powerful gusts, but it is not clear how the fourth victim was killed.
One of those caught up in the chaos was a man, surnamed Xu, whose flat is on the 20th floor.
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Powerful gusts blow away windows, killing at least 3 in China
He said that the wind swept his 64-year-old mother and 11-year-old son out of the flat after blowing out all the living room and bedroom windows.
