A severe storm system that devastated many parts of the United States. last night It appears to be the largest tornado rampage in US history. According to President Joe Biden on Saturday (August 11), officials updated the latest information. There was concern that the death toll could rise to at least 100.
“It’s sad. And we still don’t know how much life is lost. as well as the full extent of the damage,” he commented on television.
Initially, at least 78 people had been reported dead, more than 70 of them in Kentucky. only one After dozens of tornadoes raged across five states, causing devastating damage like the setting in a doomsday movie.
There are concerns that the death toll will skyrocket. “Whatever is necessary I will request that,” Biden announced during a press conference.
Subsequently, the staff updated the latest information. There are fears at least 100 deaths in Kentucky. After a tornado rampage destroys more than 320 kilometers of homes and businesses along one of the roads, it has prompted rescuers to search for survivors trapped beneath the rubble.
When asked if climate change (global warming) is affecting storms, Biden replied “I can’t say” and said he would ask the government’s Environmental Protection Agency to answer the question.
“But the fact is We all know that things get tougher as the climate warms, everything,” Biden said, “and it definitely has some impact. But I can’t give you any more information.”
Biden promised to visit the damaged region. But he said he wanted to make sure he didn’t become a barrier to rescue and recovery operations.
hurricane which weather forecasters say is unusual during winter weather. annihilate the candle factory fire station and a police station in a small town one in Kentucky Torn a nursing home in Missouri, killing at least two workers in an Amazon warehouse in Illinois.
Kentucky Governor Andy Bashir said the tornado was the worst in the state’s history. He said about 40 workers had been rescued at a candle factory in Mayfield, where about 110 people were inside when it was blown to pieces by a tornado. “It would be amazing to find anyone alive under the rubble.”
“The level of damage is unlike anything I’ve seen in my life,” Bashir said at a news conference. “It seems highly probable that more than 100 people will die here in Kentucky.”
Bashir said 189 Homeland Guard members had been deployed to aid recovery operations. While most of the rescue efforts will focus on Mayfield. which has a population of about 10,000 in the southwest corner of the state converge with Illinois Missouri and Arkansas
Videos and photos posted on social media show the buildings. In the middle of Mayfield, the drums collapsed. Many of the parked cars were buried under the rubble. The old spiers of the Graves County Courthouse collapsed and the First United Metrodist Church partially collapsed.
Jeremy Kreason, Mayfield Fire Chief. His station was completely destroyed, stating that “the candle factory was completely destroyed. All that was left was a pile of scrap metal and machinery. And officers need time to scout for the living victims.”
The source of this devastating tornado spawned from the thunderstorms that continued last night. Among them included supercell thunderstorms that formed in northeast Arkansas. moving from Arkansas and Missouri Enter Tennessee and Kentucky.
Victor Genzini, a professor of geography and atmospheric sciences at Northern Illinois University, said unusually high temperatures and humidity were among the most common. Create an environment for extreme weather events like this during this time of year.
“This is a historic time. It’s not an era event,” Genzini said. We usually think of blizzards. not tornado And it certainly wasn’t a tornado like last night.”
US President Joe Biden on Saturday (Dec 11) ordered federal resources to be mobilized to various locations. who need help the most
One person was killed and five were seriously injured when a tornado tore a 90-bed nursing home to pieces. In Monette, Arkansas, a small community near the Missouri border,
a few kilometers away In Leishville, Arkansas, a tornado ravaged a branch of Dollar General, killing one and wreaking havoc on most of the downtown area. According to Chuck Brown, from the Mississippi County Sheriff’s Office in Arkansas, “It sounded like a roaring train moving through the city.”
In Illinois, at least two workers were killed when an Amazon.com warehouse collapsed in Edwardsville. The roof was blown away by the storm leaving only the steel frame of the building.
In Tennessee, Dean Fellner, a spokesman for the state’s Emergency Management Agency, said severe weather had killed at least three villagers, two of them in Lake County and the other in Obean County. However, there is no further information on the circumstances surrounding the death.
shortly after midnight Severe weather also fueled a CSX Corp freight train in western Kentucky. But none of the employees were hurt.
A total of 36 tornadoes that touched down were reported in Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas and Mississippi, the U.S. National Weather Service’s Aging Prediction Center said.
(Source: AFP/Reuters)
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