The number of fatalities under the serious storms in the east of the United States has risen to at least 13. Most of them should have drowned. Now a cold wave is also looking for the house.
As a result of the storms, according to the power outage website, around 200,000 households in the eastern half of the United States without electricity, from the border to Canada to the state of Alabama and Mississippi. Extreme cold is also expected for the coming days in the center and in the north of the United States. The National Weather Service (NWS) predicted a “record cold” of a maximum of 51 degrees Celsius.
In the US state alone, eleven people died as a result of the violent winter storm as a result of the violent winter storm, as the governor Andy Beshear said on Monday. A dead man was reported from the States West Virginia and Georgia.
The number of registered fatalities was still nine on Sunday. Governor Beshear said on Monday that the victims could continue to increase. He pointed out that his entire state was struck by flooding. The “standing water” led to the closure of more than 300 streets in Kentucky.
Large number of victims drowned
The day before, Beshear announced that most victims had drowned after they were imprisoned in their cars of the rapidly rising floods. According to him, a mother with her child was one of the fatalities.
The governor of West Virginia, Patrick Morrissey, said in his part that there was at least one fatal again in his state. Other people would still miss. In Atlanta in the state of Georgia, the fire brigade had already announced a death on Sunday. The victim died when a tree was uprooted by the storm to his house.
Source: Krone
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