A six-year-old girl was blown out of a doorway while still in her bed during powerful winds brought by a typhoon.
The youngster was playing in a crib inside her family’s convenience store when a sudden gust struck on Saturday (25 July) afternoon, blowing the doors open.
Shocking CCTV footage shows her being swept out of the shop, across the tarmac and onto a grassy verge.
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She was thrown from the crib as it flipped over, landing awkwardly on the grass while the crib was carried away by the wind and disappeared from view.
Despite the terrifying ordeal, she quickly got back to her feet and ran through the heavy rain, crying, back to her worried family.
Two younger children were also inside the shop in Shenzhen, China, when the storm hit.
One was sitting in a pushchair, while the third was playing on the floor, as reported by Need To Know.
Fortunately, only the eldest child was swept outside, and no injuries were reported.
Their father later told local media the gust had struck without warning, leaving the adults unable to reach their eldest child before she was blown out of the shop.
Thankfully, the only damage was to several bottles of alcohol on the shop shelves.
After sharing the CCTV footage online, he said: “We never expected it to attract so much attention.”
Typhoon Hóngxiá made landfall near Pinghai Ancient City at around 3.50am yesterday (26 July), after its outer rainbands and powerful gusts had already battered Shenzhen.
At landfall, maximum sustained winds near the centre reached 45m per second (101mph).
Huge waves crashed ashore as violent winds and torrential rain lashed streets.
Roadside trees were uprooted, advertising signs were damaged or left leaning, streetlights snapped, basketball hoops were blown over, and roads were strewn with branches and debris.
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