Video: powerful tidal wave crashes into river wall in China

More than 30 people injured by tidal bore in the Qiantang River in the eastern Zhejiang Province

More than 30 people were injured by a tidal bore in the Qiantang River in the eastern Zhejiang Province of China.

Given extra impetus by a typhoon, the huge and powerful tidal wave gathered momentum and crashed into the river bank in the city of Haining.

There were no reported fatalities.

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