USA. A emergency system fell during a storm. Two people are dead

On Tuesday, the alarms before the strong storms They were in force from Texas to New York. In this huge area, strong wind gusts, heavy rain and hailstorms and the risk of tornadoes were expected. The forecasts turned out to be accurate – until Tuesday evening of electricity did not have over 700,000 recipients in a dozen or so states, and the gusts of wind exceeded the speed of 110 kilometers per hour.

A particularly difficult situation prevailed in Pennsylvania in the metropolitan area of ​​the city of Pittsburgh. As local authorities reported on Tuesday, at least two people died on Tuesday as a result of storms. In Pittsburgh, the man died after touching the broken high voltage line. Details of the second accident were not made public.

The Municipal Public Security Office said that during the storm there were problems with the operation of the Emergency Notification Center – the connections made to the number 911 did not reach the services. Officials asked residents for direct contact with local police units. After a few hours, the problem was solved.

There were a lot of photos documenting the destruction that occurred in Pittsburgh and the surrounding area in social media. The gale padded roofs from industrial houses and buildings, knocked down trees and kidnapped smaller elements of infrastructure, such as tents set up at the local golf field before the planned event.

– It sounded like a tornado or something similar, it was really loud. I drove through one of the bridges and heard the storm wailing. It was terrifying – said one of the city's inhabitants.

According to the Local Office of the National Weather Service (NWS), Tuesday's storm brought one of the strongest gusts of wind that has ever been observed in Pennsylvania. At the airport in Pittsburgh, a gust at 114.7 km/h was recorded, the third fastest in the history of observation.