(Clearwisdom.net) According to the Xinhua Net news on July 4, 2002, at 3:00 p.m., the sustained hot, dry weather in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province suddenly changed. Accompanied by thunder and lightening, a downpour mixed with hail and strong winds assaulted the city. As a result, many tree trunks and branches were snapped off and could be seen strewn all over the streets.

A street in the downtown is blocked off by tree branches Vehicles struggling along in the rainstorm on the Xufu Road, Harbin City