Extreme weather has led to the death of at least seven people from Wednesday. According to the New York Times, there is among the victims Father and his 16-year-old daughterwho died when Tornado hit their home in Tennessee.
Deaths were also recorded in Indiana, where the man was to stay electric After his car hit a fallen energy line – and Missouri, where the fire brigade of Perryville said that head of the fire brigade He died in an indefinite incident related to the storm.
Five people died in Tennessee in the weather -related incidents, one in Indian and one in Missouri, NBC News said. At least 13 people were injured throughout the region.
Schools were closed in various areas affected by a storm, including in the capital of Tennessee, Nashville.
USA. Storms, downpours and tornadoes. Synoptics alert about the growing risk
Synoptics from the American National Weather Service (NWS) expect a powerful storm system will stop to the middle of the countryfueling further floods in areas already flooded with heavy rain.
– we are afraid that there may be strong, Intensive tornadoes In the north -eastern Texas up to the west Arkansas, “said Evan Bentley, a forecast at the NWS storm anticipating center.
NWS raised the level of risk Four out of five on a scale used to measure the expected intensity of difficult weather conditions. Only 10 to 12 storms a year receives four, which makes them “quite rare”explained Bentley.
– Any instant and river floods in these areas can become catastrophic and life -threatening – nws was handed over in social media.