Two children have been killed as a huge tornado ripped through a park and tore a bouncy castle from the ground.
Terrifying footage shows the large inflatable being thrown around in the phenomena known as a 'dust devil' as people run for cover.
Eyewitnesses say they saw two children fall from the bouncy castle, but it is unclear if these were the children who died.
They describe youngsters bleeding from their heads and crying as screaming parents raced around to find their loved ones.
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At least 16 other children and two adults suffered injuries, some of which are serious, as the wind got under the play equipment and launched it through the air.
The incident happened on Sunday at the Ten Thousand Acre Park in Zhengzhou, China when a local market was in progress.
All 20 people were taken to hospital, with two youngsters, whose ages have not been revealed, dying later of their injuries while in intensive care.
An unnamed woman told the Beijing Times: "In the afternoon today at about 3pm a gust of sand suddenly blew upward in front of us, way up high.
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"The next thing that we saw was the bounce house where the kids were playing get lifted up into the air.
"The bounce house was thrown about 150 meters away. I saw two kids fall from the house."
She added: "That whole place was a mess, there were kids screaming and crying. Some places that weren’t too far from me had kids lying on the ground, and parents were madly searching for their kids.”
A second woman added: "I saw two children up in the sky, about 20 to 30 meters up, and then they fell to the ground.
“Everything was crazy. Other than the bounce house, there were other people in the area trying to do business, and all of their stuff was tossed everywhere.
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"The scene was total chaos. Parents were looking for their kids, the kids were crying loudly.”
Another witness, Ms Cao, said her four-year-old child was inside the bouncy castle at the time.
She told the Beijing News: "Our kid was off school today so we went to have some fun.
"When we were on our way back, we saw some kids on the road who were bleeding from their head. Parents were carrying their kids running out of there.”
