2016年6月23日下午2点，江苏省盐城市阜宁县突遭强冰雹、龙卷风双重灾害袭击，阜宁县10个乡镇29个村子不同程度受损。26日中午，江苏省最新通报，目前灾害已造成99人死亡，846人受伤，其中152名重症患者转移至市级医院，灾区所有道路、供水恢复。
极端天气 extreme weather conditions
Extreme weather includes unexpectable, unusual, severe or unseasonal weather; weather at the extremes of the historical distribution—the range that has been seen in the past. Often, extreme events are based on a location’s recorded weather history and defined as lying in the most unusual ten percent. In recent years some extreme weather events have been attributed to human-induced global warming, with studies indicating an increasing threat from extreme weather in the future.
极端天气一般包括以下几种情况：
- 高温热浪 heat wave
- 寒潮 cold wave/cold snap
- 强降雨 torrential rain/heavy rainfall
- 冰雹 hailstorm
- 龙卷风 tornado
- 台风 typhoon
- 干旱 drought
