{"id":225478,"date":"2016-06-26T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-06-26T09:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=225478"},"modified":"2016-06-26T09:00:59","modified_gmt":"2016-06-26T09:00:59","slug":"rescuers-clean-up-hazardous-chemicals-after-deadly-china-tornado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=225478","title":{"rendered":"Rescuers clean up hazardous chemicals after deadly China tornado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rescue workers have been trying to safely dispose of hazardous chemicals after a deadly tornado hit eastern China on Thursday, killing at least 98 people and injuring more than 800 others, Chinese state media reported late on Saturday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_225480\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225480\" style=\"width: 643px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-225480\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/download-14.jpg\" alt=\"A villager washes shoes in a river covered with debris after a tornado hit Funing on Thursday, in Yancheng, Jiangsu province, June 25, 2016. REUTERS\/Aly Song\" width=\"643\" height=\"429\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-225480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A villager washes shoes in a river covered with debris after a tornado hit Funing on Thursday, in Yancheng, Jiangsu province, June 25, 2016. REUTERS\/Aly Song<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The chemicals, including ammonium gas and silane, were stored at a solar panel factory in China&#8217;s Jiangsu province, which was destroyed in Thursday&#8217;s storm, said the official Xinhua news agency.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_225481\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225481\" style=\"width: 643px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-225481\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/download-15.jpg\" alt=\"A paramilitary policeman carries a bag of medicine outside a damaged house after a tornado hit Funing on Thursday, in Yancheng, Jiangsu province, June 25, 2016. REUTERS\/Aly Song\" width=\"643\" height=\"429\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-225481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A paramilitary policeman carries a bag of medicine outside a damaged house after a tornado hit Funing on Thursday, in Yancheng, Jiangsu province, June 25, 2016. REUTERS\/Aly Song<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, the amount of hazardous chemicals is not a large and the clean-up operation was expected to be completed on Saturday, Xinhua said, quoting a rescue work official.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_225482\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225482\" style=\"width: 643px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-225482\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/download-16.jpg\" alt=\"Rescue workers work on damaged high-voltage towers after a tornado hit Funing on Thursday, in Yancheng, Jiangsu province, June 25, 2016. REUTERS\/Aly Song\" width=\"643\" height=\"429\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-225482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rescue workers work on damaged high-voltage towers after a tornado hit Funing on Thursday, in Yancheng, Jiangsu province, June 25, 2016. REUTERS\/Aly Song<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_225483\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225483\" style=\"width: 643px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-225483\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/download-17.jpg\" alt=\"A rescue worker works on a damaged high-voltage tower after a tornado hit Funing on Thursday, in Yancheng, Jiangsu province, June 25, 2016. REUTERS\/Aly Song\" width=\"643\" height=\"429\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-225483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rescue worker works on a damaged high-voltage tower after a tornado hit Funing on Thursday, in Yancheng, Jiangsu province, June 25, 2016. REUTERS\/Aly Song<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rescue workers have been trying to safely dispose of hazardous chemicals after a deadly tornado hit eastern China on Thursday, killing at least 98 people and injuring more than 800 others, Chinese state media reported late on Saturday. The chemicals, including ammonium gas and silane, were stored at a solar panel factory in China&#8217;s Jiangsu [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=225478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225478\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=225478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=225478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=225478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}