China - Tornadoes

CHINA.  June 2015 - A half-mile wide F1 tornado that passed over the Yangtze River on 1 June caused a cruise ship to capsize and sink, killing more than 440 out of 454 people on board. Other deadly tornadoes struck in Mexico, Burma, Brazil and the US.

Tornadoes form all over the world, including in the UK, but are usually most destructive in the US, parts of India and Bangladesh. So far this year the most casualties from Tornadoes are in China.