Various tornadoes, strong winds, and sand storms that swept across the United States over the weekend, causing extensive damage to homes and buildings in various states, have claimed the lives of at least 37 people.
Kansas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, Alabama, and Missouri all had mortality recorded. Twelve people died in Missouri on Friday evening, three of whom were killed when a 140-mph EF-3 tornado struck Bakersfield, as confirmed by the National Weather Service on Saturday. The most fatalities have been reported in this condition.
According to state police information, an accident involving over 70 vehicles on the highway in Kansas resulted in at least eight fatalities. In addition, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves confirmed six fatalities in three regions and at least 27 injury nationwide. All people who were previously reported lost have been found still intact. Around 217 people are still living in displacement, and 23 districts have reported harm. According to the most recent studies, preliminary estimates indicate 12 storms struck the condition between Friday and Saturday nights.
Also, Arkansas reported 32 injuries and three fatalities in eight counties, including Cave City, which is an EF-3 tornado with 165 mph winds. In addition to the casualties listed above, there were three in Alabama and three in Amarillo, Texas, in the wake of dust storms, and two in Oklahoma as a result of fire and other weather-related tragedies.
As the storm prediction center has warned, the risk of severe weather continues through Sunday ( local time ) from Florida to the upper Ohio River Valley. On Sunday, over 60 million Americans are exposed to weather-related threats.
North-central Florida is still on a tornado watch until 5 p.m. ( local time ), while parts of northern West Virginia, northwestern Virginia, and central Pennsylvania are on a watch until 7 p.m., with western New York facing increased severe weather threats.
The Storm Prediction Center has been able to document 75 primary storm reports in seven states as of Friday. The temperature service continues to monitor the overall number of hurricanes.
By Sunday evening, over 337, 000 users across the country were affected by power outages, with Missouri reporting roughly 41, 000 of them, according to USA Today’s monitoring system.
On Sunday, climate services offices in the central and eastern United States sent field teams to determine storm damage.
On Sunday, President Donald Trump made a statement indicating that his office was monitoring the situation and that the National Guard was stationed in Arkansas.
Trump continued,” My administration is ready to support state and local officials in attempting to repair the damage that their populations have caused.” Please visit Melania and I in offering prayers for those who have been affected by these horrible storms.
Numerous climate services practices conducted studies, including those in Columbia, South Carolina, St. Louis, and Christiana, New Orleans, which confirmed an EF-1 storm with 95 miles winds, and two monitoring teams from Columbia, South Carolina, South Carolina, and South Carolina.
When a tornado-warned system approached their facility, Birmingham weather service staff sought refuge in their” safe room.”
