Back-to-back tornadoes kill 12 and leave hundreds injured in China

Workers clear debris at a factory that was damaged by a reported tornado in Shengze township in Suzhou (Chinatopix/AP)

Back-to-back tornadoes have killed 12 people in central and eastern China and left more than 300 others injured, authorities said.

Eight people died in the inland city of Wuhan on Friday night and four others in the town of Shengze, about 250 miles to the east in Jiangsu province, local governments said.