Jiangsu province a frequent victim of tornadoes

Northern Jiangsu province is one of the regions in China most frequently hit by tornadoes, which present a challenge for the country to monitor and forecast, the national weather forecaster said on Friday.

The comment came after a tornado on Thursday hit Yancheng in coastal Jiangsu province, killing at least 98 people and injuring more than 800.

However, tornadoes caused by convective storms are not rare in China. The latest statistics showed that 43 tornadoes happened every year on average from 1991 to 2014, with 92 percent of them from April to August, according to the National Meteorological Center.