A rare storm has left nine people dead and 272 injured in south China's Guangdong Province, local government said on Thursday.
據(jù)東莞市政府周四（3月21日）通報，昨日一場罕見的雷雨災(zāi)害襲擊這座中國南部城市，致使9人身亡、272人受傷。

The thunderstorm and hail hit Dongguan City on Wednesday afternoon, with winds of up to 176.8 km per hour and maximum precipitation of 40.6 mm, said a spokesman for the Dongguan city government. This was the strongest tornado to hit Dongguan since its meteorological records began.
本周三下午，東莞市遭受了暴雨大風及冰雹的侵襲，據(jù)當?shù)厥姓l(fā)言人稱，當天最高風速達到176.8千米/時，最強降雨量達到40.6毫米。這是自東莞市有氣象記錄以來所經(jīng)歷的最為嚴重的一場龍卷風。

As of 10 a.m. on Thursday, the storm had resulted in nine deaths and 158 hospitalizations, 11 of those in a critical condition. The property losses are also being counted.
截止到周四上午10點，這場災(zāi)害已導(dǎo)致9人死亡，另有158人住院治療，其中11人處于危險狀態(tài)。所造成的財產(chǎn)損失正在統(tǒng)計中。