Severe hailstorm lashes Beijing during Dragon Boat Festival, China
A severe hailstorm lashed China's capital Beijing on Thursday, June 25, 2020.
Earlier on Thursday, the Beijing Meteorological Observatory issued a yellow warning signal for thunder and lightning. The agency also warned people to take precautions as dispersed hail was expected.
The storm came amid the Dragon Boat Festival, a traditional holiday that occurs near the summer solstice. The hail made rounds on social media as people pointed out that the stones resembled the shape of a virus.
"People are scared because they say the hail looks like the coronavirus," one Twitter user wrote.
Videos and photos on social media show hail scattered on the ground, as well as several properties damaged and shattered.
Hailstorms happening now in Beijing, Hebei.
With hail ice like the size of eggs, some ice even looks like the shape of #Coronavirus spikes have fall from the sky onto the crops and destroyed the farm produce in Hebei province of the mainland. pic.twitter.com/ZnSMStp7T6
— Taiwan Formosa Club (@taiwanformosan) June 26, 2020
More photos of #CCPVirus like hail in #Beijing, today. 端午节北京下冰雹 越看越像 #中共病毒 https://t.co/3GGmSBmIXQ pic.twitter.com/G0iEduVCyZ
— Jennifer Zeng 曾錚 (@jenniferatntd) June 25, 2020
Pekin. 25 Haziran. Dolu yağışı. pic.twitter.com/2kTXhg4qNz #China #hail #beijing
— Hasan (@hasanbirfani) June 25, 2020
Large size hail dropped from Beijing's sky yesterday, on #China's traditional Dragon Boat Festival.
People are scared, because they say the hail looks like Coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/AIfec2XqLS
— Shirley Yu (@shirleyzeyu) June 25, 2020
Featured image credit: 财经真相
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