Jiangsu has been hit by another deadly tornado the past 24 hours, one which virtually levelled an entire street in the northerly City of Suqian. Several injuries were also reported, while there is very little left of that either side of a 500-metre long road.
过去 24 小时，江苏又遭受了一场致命的龙卷风袭击，北部城市宿迁的整条街道几乎被夷为平地。据报道，还有多人受伤，而 500 米长的道路两侧已所剩无几。
It was at around 17:20 on 19 September when the tornado struck Nancai Township in Suqian Economic Development Zone, causing one death, three injuries and varying degrees of damage to some 52 houses.
9月19日17时20分左右，龙卷风袭击宿迁经济开发区南才乡，造成1人死亡、3人受伤，约52间房屋不同程度受损。
The tornado also caused the total destruction of many houses along an east-west street in Nancai, while numerous roadside trees were uprooted and even concrete structures damaged. Power lines were knocked out and several transformers caught fire.
龙卷风还导致南蔡一条东西向街道上的许多房屋被彻底摧毁，路边大量树木被连根拔起，甚至混凝土结构也被损坏。电线被毁，几台变压器着火。
According to a Mr. Gong, 51, the catastrophic event lasted just a few minutes. Speaking with the Yangtze Evening News, he said, “I was in the alley at the time. When I saw the wind coming, I quickly ran into the house. The wind was blowing from the west and the sky was full of flying debris. It was so scary; I’ve never experienced anything like it it in my life”.
据 51 岁的龚先生称，这场灾难性事件只持续了几分钟。他接受扬子晚报采访时说，“当时我在巷子里，看到风来了，我赶紧跑进屋里。风从西边吹来，天空中满是飞溅的碎片。太可怕了，我这辈子从来没有经历过这样的事情。”
The fatality of the tornado was another 51 year-old man. Surnamed Su, he was selling dry goods and watermelons on the street when the tornado struck, and was hit by coloured-steel tilings as they collapsed.
龙卷风造成的死亡是另一名51岁男子。龙卷风来袭时，苏姓男子正在街上卖干货和西瓜，被倒塌的彩钢瓦砸中。
Su had two children with the youngest having just joined junior high school. He was the breadwinner of the family; his dry goods store their main source of income.
苏有两个孩子，最小的刚刚上初中。他是家里的经济支柱。他的干货店是他们的主要收入来源。
“I heard that a person had been crushed to death, but I didn’t expect it to be my brother. The family depends on him for their livelihood; the child is not in good health”, said Su’s sister as she started to cry.
“听说被压死了一个人，没想到是我弟弟，一家人靠他维持生计，孩子身体不好。”苏姐姐哭着说道。
Tears were also in the eyes of another lady surnamed Su. The 69-year old was found sat on the rubble of what had used to be the brick building where her family sold groceries. “The damage was too great. I’m just sitting here looking at the destroyed goods”, she said.
另一位苏姓女士的眼里也含着泪水。这名 69 岁的老人被发现坐在她家人出售杂货的砖砌建筑的废墟上。 “损失太大了。我只是坐在这里看着被毁坏的货物”，她说。
Yesterday evening then saw emergency-relief work organised; more than 400 people and over 40 engineering vehicles were organised to bring some order to the destruction in the wake of the EF2-scale tornado.
昨天晚上，紧急救援工作组织起来； EF2级龙卷风过后，组织了400多人、40多辆工程车辆，对灾区进行了一些恢复秩序。
The Enhanced Fujita Scale defines EF2 tornados as having wind speeds of between 178 and 217 km/h. They can cause entire roofs to be ripped off frame houses; the interiors of frame homes to be damaged; and small, medium and large trees to be uprooted. Other less solid buildings, included sheds, barns and outhouses, are completely destroyed, while many a car will be completely lifted off the ground.
增强型藤田等级将 EF2 龙卷风定义为风速在 178 至 217 公里/小时之间。它们可能导致整个屋顶从框架房屋上被扯下来；框架房屋的内部遭到损坏；以及小、中、大树被连根拔起。其他不太坚固的建筑物，包括棚屋、谷仓和外屋，都被完全摧毁，而许多汽车将完全升离地面。
