At least 39 people died after a storm system and tornado outbreak that hit the United States in recent days, passing seven states, officials.
Missouri has the largest number of dead, with 12 fatalities, followed by Kansas, with eight. Most of Alabama was severely impacted, and at least three died in the state.
“I haven’t seen anything like that since I was a child,” said a resident of Alabama to CNN .
Recent layoffs in national and atmospheric administration, along with potential cuts and drastic changes at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, generated widespread concern about the nation’s ability to respond to severe climates and natural disasters.
The rest of the rain and storms of the system will move to the average Atlantic Sea on Monday (17) in the morning and away from the northeast until the end of the day.
Rain and storms in the Northeast are not expected to be severe.
Destruction trail
The storm triggered a tornado wave in downtown and southern US from Friday (14). There were about 80 reports of tornadoes, with dozens confirmed.
Storm surveys will take place in the coming days to get a count of the total.
The National Meteorology Service reported that two Tornadoes EF4 hit Arkansas on Friday, marking the first time in over 25 years that the state suffered several of this category in a single day.
A tornado EF4, with peak winds of approximately 274 km/h, reached northern Arkansas, while another devastated the city of Diaz with winds of approximately 306 km/h, according to the weather service.
Tornado with EF4 force are labeled as “violent” and can be devastating, destroying houses easily, throwing cars and knocking down large trees.
At least three people died with storms in Arkansas. In Alabama, three other deaths were confirmed.
Strong winds worsened the devastation, with more than 710 wind storm reports registered in US and East US states.
Storms and strong winds cut the energy of hundreds of thousands of homes and companies over the weekend, according to Poweroutage.us.
Winds of more than approx. 129 km/h hit the southern plains on Friday. Three people in Texas died in car accidents attributed to dust storms.
Threat of fire remains
While southern and east parts begin to clean and evaluate storm damage, the south of the country will continue to deal with fire climate days from this week.
Some of these areas saw several forest fires appear on Friday (14) in the afternoon.
Critical fire climate, or level 2 of 3 of Storm Prediction Center, spreads through parts of western Texas and Oklahoma, southwest of Kansas, east of New Mexico and southeast of Colorado state on Monday (17).
The conditions are expected to spread until Tuesday (18), where the center warns that “extremely critical climate will be possible” for a few hours on Tuesday afternoon.
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Source: CNN Brasil
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