Bad weather in the United States: a strong storm, floods, huge hail and natural fires. Photo and video
Many areas of the United States were dominated by inclement weather. In the east, a strong wind raged, the Midwest and Northeast suffered from floods caused by torrential rains, a very large hail fell on Arkansas, and vegetation burns in Arizona, writes News.ru.
A storm in the eastern part of the country led to power outages. The states of North and South Carolina suffered most from the strong wind, where 145 thousands of homes were left without electricity. All in all, 215 lost thousands of homes to electricity, AccuWeather reports.
In the city of Columbia, the capital of South Carolina, a wind gust of 127 km/h was recorded, which corresponds to the wind speed of a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. In North Carolina, gusts reached 126 km/h, in Georgia - 111 km/h.
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Also, due to adverse weather conditions, 3500 flights were delayed in the eastern regions, most of which are in New York.
In the Midwest and Northeast, heavy rains caused flooding in Ohio, Illinois, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. Towns and roads suffered. In some places, rescuers had to take people out on boats. Information about the victims has not yet been reported, reports Stormnews.
The state of Ohio suffered from heavy rains and at the end of last week. In Harrison Township, they led to the collapse of the ground in one of the houses. Their apartments had to leave 30 residents.
In Arkansas, a storm raged, 100 left thousands of homes without light. And in the Polk District, a huge hail of cars crashed, which, according to eyewitnesses, was comparable to softball balls, but judging by the photos in social networks, it was even more:
The state of Arizona is engulfed in wildfires. The area of the largest fire, the Woodbury Fire in the Superior city area, is estimated at 20 thousand hectares. Residents are being evacuated from dangerous areas. In addition, smoke from this fire has blanketed the eastern part of Arizona and the western part of the neighboring state of New Mexico, where a smoke warning has been issued in its largest city, Albuquerque, KRQE TV channel reports.
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