The severe climate in the United States left at least 28 dead and caused destruction in the center and eastern of the country in recent days.
More than seven million people are at risk of tornado on Tuesday (20), with extreme events moving to the east, towards parts of the valleys of Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee.
The threat includes areas already hit by spring storms, such as west of Kentucky and Tennessee.
Destructive wind gusts, hail and tornadoes are possible, with persistent rains from Monday (19), scheduled to reach parts of the Ohio Valley on the morning of Tuesday (20).
Additional thunderstorms should develop on Tuesday afternoon (20) in the Mississippi Valley and advance to the east at night.
Mortal
Violent storms have killed at least 28 people in three states since Friday (16): 19 of them at Kentucky, seven in Missouri-including five in the city of St. Louis-and two in Virginia.
There were at least 1,500 reports to the Tempestate Forecast Center on gusts of wind, hail and devastating tornadoes on stormy days since Wednesday (14).
Rare emergencies with tornadoes
Tornado extreme alerts were issued by the National Meteorology Service (NHS) and on Friday (16), a tornado hit Williamson County in Illinois and injured at least seven people.
Two warnings on Sunday (18) became emergencies of tornado “large and destructive” in Greensburg and Plevna, Kansas.
Moderate risk of excessive rain
North Arkansas and southern Missouri should receive up to 13 cm of rain at night, generating a risk of level 3 flood of 4.
As the storm system moves east on Tuesday (20), severe climate risks, including tornadoes, devastating winds and hail, will move to the Tennessee and Ohio valleys, leaving residents worried about sudden locked floods.
Dangerous storms on Monday
Millions of people in the central region of the United States faced dangerous storms on Monday (19), while a powerful climate system swept the southern plains and the Western Mississippi Valley.
The storm forecast center has issued a moderate risk to severe, hail, winds and several strong tasks in the affected areas, according to the National Meteorology Service.
“Everyone needs to be aware of the weather tonight and have a plan in hand if they need to take shelter,” the National Meteorology Service in Norman, Oklahoma, announced.
The first wave of storms began early Monday afternoon (19) and extended from northern Texas to Kansas a few hours later.
The most dangerous activity in Oklahoma and Kansas began in the late afternoon of Monday (19), before an expected expansion to the east, towards the Mississippi Valley at night.
After a tornado reaches Pittsburg County in Oklahoma, police, firefighters and emergency services are evaluating the damage, according to the authorities.
They are also checking if there are people injured or prey, said the sheriff’s office on Facebook.
“Please avoid the areas damaged by the storm at this time, because emergency services are in the area,” the agency said.
Five consecutive days of devastating storms
Strong storms have reached hundreds of kilometers from the US in recent days, generating more than 1,500 reports of gusts of wind, hail and tornadoes since Wednesday (14).
About 100 of these reports were of different tornadoes.
Storm research teams of the National Meteorology Service (NWS) continue to analyze the extensive damage to determine exactly how many tornadoes have reached the center and east of the US since last week, but have found at least four of them.
One hit Williamson County in southern Illinois on Friday, injuring at least seven people, damaging houses and destroying trees.
Another hit the region of St. Louis on Friday (16), according to the NWS, reaching the peak of intensity by extending 1.6 km wide over the north side of the city.
One more tornadoes killed at least five people and injured dozens, and “damaging or destroying thousands of buildings.”
Storms also left vast destruction in the state of Kentucky, with 17 deaths recorded over the weekend.
This content was originally published in tornadoes and storms leave at least 28 dead and houses destroyed in the US on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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