Flooded streets and houses, hundreds of thousands of people without electricity. The balance of flood victims is growing

The most difficult situation is in Kentucky, where in some regions about 100 liters per square meter fell. Governor Andy Beshear announced on Sunday that at least eight people were killed as a result of the element. He added that over a thousand rescue operations were carried out during less than a day.

“Over 300 roads are closed,” said Beshear. – The situation is dangerous. We urge you to avoid travel and maintain safety – added the governor. On Friday, a state of emergency was announced in Kentucky.

The difficult situation also occurs in Georgia, Western Virginia, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Arkansas, where hundreds of thousands of people were covered by flooding warnings.

The weather collapse was brought by a storm system persisting over the eastern regions of the United States. According to the services, it will also be active in the coming hours.

At least 265,000 recipients in Georgia, 183 thousand in Alabama, 64 thousand in Mississippi and 20,000 In Louisiana it did not have electricity on Sunday morning – it results from the data on Poweroutage.us. About 60 thousand Recipients in Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee also did not have power.

Intensive rainfall led to rapid floods on Saturday in several states in the east of the USA. Evacuation was ordered in many places.

“Do not fight water, leave the house and call for help,” wrote on X Glenn Youngkin, a Governor of Virginia, where about 40 l/sq m fell.

In Warren, Kentucky, water flooded cars and buildings. In Tazewell, Mercer and Summers in Virginia, a state of emergency was announced due to violent floods. Emergency campaigns have been going on there since Saturday.

“Flood waters are icy. When we find ourselves in such water, we can quickly experience hypothermia” – warn experts from the American national weather service (NWS).

Part of West Kentucky can be exposed to rainfall exceeding 200 liters per square meter.

The Associated Press agency said that in the Missisippi, Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky valleys, violent floods are possible.

The National Weather Service also issued warnings against potential tornadoes, which covered the Eastern regions of Texas and Arkansas, Mississippi and Western Tennessee. In turn, in California, there is still a risk of rock and muddy landslides on the slopes of hills affected by forest fires. It is particularly dangerous in areas where vegetation helping to maintain the soil has burned. As a result of heavy rainfall, water, mud and boulders flowed into the city of Sierra Madre, with 100,000 residents. Services have been working on site for several hours

Snow and arctic temperatures have overwhelmed the majority of the central west and upper plains, covering the roads in Eastern Nebraska, northern Iów and a large part of Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota. At Denver in Colorado, the temperature dropped to -10 degrees Celsius. The city has opened shelters for people who do not have a home.

Extreme cold was forecast on the upper plains, with a noticeable temperature from -34 to -51 degrees Celsius in the parts of Western Montana, North Dakota, Dakota of Southern and West Minnesota. People in these areas were called to stay at home and ensure shelter for cattle and other animals.

In the northern part of the New York state, heavy snowfall of 30 cm is forecasted.

“In some areas, the accumulation of the ice cover up to 2.5 cm is forecast, which will make driving conditions dangerous. Icing can cause the trees to knock down trees and power outages” – warned meteorological services.