Sturm system to leave us leaves at least 39 dead and great destruction by tornados, forest fires and dust towers

Sturm system to leave us leaves at least 39 dead and great destruction by tornados, forest fires and dust towers

A strong storm system that has been torn up in the United States in the past few days is ready to move to the Atlantic on Monday. In the past few days, in several states, which are expressed with violent tornados, forest fires and dust towers from the massive system, have been on the Atlantic Monday.

According to officials, at least 39 people died in storm -related incidents in seven states in seven states. Missouri has the highest fatality with 12 deaths, followed by Kansas at eight. Most of Alabama was badly affected and at least three died in the state.

“Disaster,” said a resident of Alabama to CNN when he was asked to describe the scene. “I haven’t seen it anything like that since I was a child.”

The rest of the rain and the storms from the system will leave the northeast early Monday from the center of the Atlantic and at the end of the day. It is not expected that the rain and the storms in the northeast are serious and are mainly a nuisance for the daily hours.

Trace of destruction

The storm has triggered a fatal wave of tornados in the central and south since Friday. Around 80 Tornado reports were given, and dozens were confirmed. Storm surveys will last for the next few days to get a final tornado.

The National Weather Service said that two EF4 tornados were torn through Arkansas on Friday and for the first time in over 25 years that the state experienced several EF4 tornados in one day.

An EF4 tornado with a winch of 170 miles per hour met near Larkin in North -Arkansas, while another devastated the city of Diaz with estimated winds of 190 miles per hour.

Tornados of the EF4 strength are called “violent” and can be devastating, easily destroy houses, throw cars and throw large trees down.

At least three people died in connection with the storms in Arkansas.

In Alabama, three deaths were confirmed in Plantersville, Dallas County and Winterboro, in Talladega County, since the damage ratings were continued over more than half of the state districts, said Governor Kay Ivey.

“The storm of yesterday influenced most of Alabama,” said Ivey in a statement and offered condolences to the affected communities.

The strong winds worsened the devastation, and over 710 storm reports were submitted in the central and eastern USA. The storms and punishment triggered hundreds of thousands of houses and companies on weekends.

Pray the members of the Calera Baptist Church before cleaning up after the church was hit by a tornado on Sunday in Calera, Alabama. - Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images

Pray the members of the Calera Baptist Church before cleaning up after the church was hit by a tornado on Sunday in Calera, Alabama. – Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images

Fire threat remains

While parts of the south and the east tidy and examine the damage from the deceased storm, the Southern Plains will continue to fight with the start of the fire weather this week. In some of these areas, numerous forest fires appeared on Friday afternoon.

Critical fire weather or a level 2 of 3 from the Storm Prediction Center spreads on Monday in parts of West Texas and Oklahoma, Südwestkansas, East -New Mexico and South Heastern Colorado. The increased fire weather or level 1 of 3 spreads from Southeast Arizona to Central Texas and extends north to south -dakota.

This fire weather is expected to spread until Tuesday, where the center warns that “extremely critical conditions in the entire east of New Mexico will be possible in the Texas Panhandle and may extend a few hours in west and central Oklahoma on Tuesday afternoon. The fuels in this region have subjected extreme fire weather conditions in the past few days and are extremely susceptible to fire spreading. “

Red flag warnings for over 20 million people from New Mexico to Missouri, where gusts of up to 60 miles per hour and a very dry air are possible.

In Oklahoma, forest fires, a spokesman for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management, killed four people in separate districts who have killed four people in the past few days in the past few days.

Among the victims was all Ferguson, a youth wrestling coach in the Lincoln district, which died on Friday after serious burns. His son was also critically injured, said a family of the club.

“I haven’t seen anything like that”

The clean -up work began on Sunday in Alpine, Alabama, where volunteers at the Creive Church in Talladega were stunned by the destruction in the storm of the storm.

“Disaster,” said James Stewart, 39 when he was asked to describe the scene.

“I haven’t seen anything like that since childhood,” he said to CNN when he brought leaves and debris in the bunch in the cemetery of the Winterboro Community Church. “I saw a few tornadoes in my life, a few hurricanes. But otherwise it’s pretty bad. “

On the other side of the street, the high school of a school in ruins, the roof and the front wall was torn and had the interior uncovered. Outside there is a school bus on the side that is thrown against the building in the storm, with yellow precautioners keeping the audience at some distance.

The area was scattered with rubble: twisted metal, fragmented wood and insulation. Nearby, a partially shared tree leaned precarious over gravestones on the edge of a cemetery.

Brandon Chittam, another volunteer, estimated that about two dozen people helped clean up.

“It’s a wreck, but it comes together very quickly,” he said. “It is a blessing to have people with God in their lives who come back together – and not even know each other – to improve the efforts.”

“It could have been much worse,” said Charles Kelly, pastor of the Winterboro Community Church of Alpine when he was in front of his church to ask the damage.

The converted school bus in the school building is located directly opposite.

“It is really amazing that what we see here on the other side of the street and what we see behind us is so drastically different,” said Kelly. “… only with God’s grace I mean very, very minimal damage.”

Despite the destruction, Kelly expressed hope in the resistance of his community.

“You will see people in the best form in the coming days because there are many things that have been lost and damage some things that interest people a little, but they will see the best in the most important, namely people,” he said.

In the middle of the debris, 16-year-old Trenton Garrett led the traffic around the damaged school buildings. As a junior at the adjacent high school and a member of the volunteer fire brigade, Garrett said that he wanted to serve his community.

“Most people of this age really don’t want to get involved, but I love to get involved in my community,” said Garrett. “These people don’t have to listen to me, but they listen. They slow down and go on the right track. I just love to lead traffic, ”he added.

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