Severe dust storms ravaged several states in the United States on Wednesday evening, including Colorado, Kansas, Missouri and Iowa.
Severe dust storms hit the Midwestern region of the United States on Wednesday evening, hours after President Joe Biden visited the state of Kentucky, struck by a deadly tornado on Friday. The US meteorological service NWS warned of an “extremely violent” storm system Wednesday evening, likely to “break records” and cause a plethora of dangerous weather phenomena in several states in the center and north of the country, including dangerous winds, snow, thunderstorms, tornadoes and fire hazards.
According to the American press, a dust storm spread in the state of Kansas and Colorado thanks to winds blowing at nearly 150 km / h. “The central United States has never seen a December storm like this,” tweeted Bill Karins, meteorologist for NBC. “These storms will have the potential to produce extreme wind gusts of up to 100 miles per hour (160 km / h, editor’s note), as well as one or two powerful tornadoes” in Iowa and Minnesota, warned the National Weather Service, whose local agencies have urged people to take shelter via their Twitter accounts.
My parents just sent me this. Pueblo West, CO #cowxpic.twitter.com/6pym8fYMA7
— Kevin Velazquez (@kvcreativetv) December 15, 2021
I’m setting in my office with no power. This is what it looks like outside. Remind me of why I spend so much time in Southeastern Colorado. pic.twitter.com/Bdi84VqiGo
– Donsteerman (@donsteerman) December 15, 2021
To read :After the tornadoes, Kentucky faces the “Herculean task” of clearing
More than 400,000 people were without electricity in several states as of Wednesday evening, including Colorado, Kansas, Missouri and Iowa, according to the Poweroutage site. The latest weather events come days after severe tornadoes hit several central and southern states, including Kentucky, which Biden visited earlier on Wednesday.
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