Impressive: strong winds in China throw people from windows; WATCH VIDEO

Storms with typhoon-like winds killed at least seven people in Jiangxi province, in the south of Chinasince Sunday, March 31, local authorities said this Wednesday, 3, with three of them being snatched from their high-rise apartments while they slept.

Also on Wednesday, Jiangxi authorities confirmed that 552 people had to be evacuated from the province on an emergency basis, and that at least 2,751 homes were damaged by the storm.

The extreme weather event hit nine cities, but mainly Nanchang It is Jiujiang. The Jiangxi provincial emergency flood control headquarters said 93,000 people were affected in 54 counties.

On Sunday, strong storms caused gusts that ripped out windows the size of two apartment doors in Nanchang, the provincial capital. Three people were pulled from their beds through the holes, falling from the top of the building, according to local media.