At least 29 people were killed in tornadoes and severe storms that hit several US states this weekend, according to a new tally from authorities.
Two children and an adult were killed in Memphis, Tennessee, when trees fell on houses, local police told AFP today. In this southern State, the passage of intense weather phenomena has caused a total of 12 people to die.
In Indiana, five people were killed by a storm, three in Sullivan County and two campers in Owen County, the state’s natural resources management agency said Saturday night.
Their number comes to be added to the victims of extreme weather in the States of Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, in the American South, as well as those of Illinois, in the northern part of the country, and Delaware on the east coast.
A structure collapse in Delaware’s Sussex County left one person dead Saturday night, while the weather service also issued warnings for neighboring states such as Pennsylvania and New York for strong winds and possible tornadoes.
“We are working closely with the State of Indiana and other affected States as they assess the damage and stand ready to respond to any additional requests for federal assistance,” US President Joe Biden said today, expressing his support for the victims and their families.
Since last Friday, where these weather phenomena passed, residents are faced with images of destruction, with overturned cars, huge trees uprooted, telecommunication poles broken or even houses destroyed.
More than 230,000 homes remained without electricity in several states in the northeast of the country today Sunday, according to the American website PowerOutage.
