Topic: Storm Freak Beijing storm turns day into night

[australiasevereweather]

Freak Beijing storm turns day into night


Day turned into night as a freak storm swept across the Chinese capital Beijing.


http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/16/2599875.htm

[David C]

Freak Beijing storm turns day into night


Day turned into night as a freak storm swept across the Chinese capital Beijing.


http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/16/2599875.htm

and in Shanghai last week, a hail storm reportedly killed 23 people >> http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_387932.html

and the week before that another storm killed 16 >>  http://english.cctv.com/20090605/101384.shtml

[Jimmy Deguara]

David,

Noted this earlier - what's that as a percentage of the total population! Nevertheless, is it their turn to get severe storms like Europe!

David, are there any satellite or radar imagery available that depicts these storms as supercells (assuming such storms would be).

Regards,

Jimmy Deguara

[Antonio (stormboy)]

im not to sure if you are interested but here is a video from someone taping the storm earlier in the week .
Beijing Storm pt.4
storm boy