Two people died as a result of Tornada's impact in the south -east of the USA, Tennessee. These are the first fatalities of this type of element in the country this year. The phenomenon also caused serious material damage and deprived the inhabitants of electricity.
Tornado swept late on Thursday through Morgan, Tennessee – northwest of Knoxville – leading to the death of his mother and daughter living in the same house – the local crisis management office and internal security said on Friday. Three injured people were also recorded.
No electricity, “serious material damage”
The element, according to the National Weather Service (NWS), had an intensity at the EF2 level on the Fujity scale, corresponding to the wind speed of 179 to 218 kilometers per hour. Tornado hit the small communities of Deer Lodge and Sunbright around 20.30 and caused “serious material damage,” the authorities of the Fountain told.
Until around noon, on Friday local time, eight percent of the recipients of Morgan did not have electricity. According to the crisis management office, more than 100 rescue service employees were deployed in the county.
Other Tornado about the EF1 strength on the Fujity scale also hit Thursday evening at the Thorn Hill community in Grainger, Tennessee – northeast of Knoxville – NWS said. Several buildings and vehicles were moderately damaged, but no one was injured – he donated the CNN Jeff Atkins station, director of crisis management in the county.
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