Tornado spins into Shenzhen, grounding flights and prompting weather warnings

The nasty weather that has been battering the Pearl River Delta all week took an especially dramatic turn yesterday afternoon when a tornado was spotted in Shenzhen near the city's Bao'an International Airport. 

Numerous flights were reportedly canceled or delayed (to be fair, though, just about every flight in China is delayed) and the Shenzhen Observatory issued a code yellow warning for rain and code blue warning for wind.

Yesterday's twister was supposedly only the second ever to have been recorded in the city's history - which is, admittedly, incredibly short. The main takeaway, however, is these wicked images:

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[Images via Apple Daily]