washington, 21 people died due to the storm in four states, including the American southern plains and the Ozarks. Hundreds of houses collapsed due to the storm. Also, the Meteorological Department has expressed the possibility of further deterioration of the weather.
According to the news agency, the official said that the number of deaths increased during the three-year memorial holiday. At least eight were killed in Arkansas, seven in Texas, four in Kentucky and two in Oklahoma. The National Weather Service said a tornado warning was issued for parts of New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania on Monday evening.
More than 30 million people were affected by the storm, as the storm was likely to move toward the East Coast. Meanwhile, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency in the state on Monday morning.
In an update, the National Weather Service issued a severe storm warning for the Atlanta area and other parts of Georgia and some western South Carolina counties until at least Monday afternoon. He also said in a media briefing on Monday that it may take several days to restore power in some areas.”
It was a difficult night for our people,” Besher said in a post on the social media platform on Monday as he later told a press conference that the devastating storm affected almost the entire state. Officials said 100 state highways and roads were damaged by the storm.
A powerful tornado killed a two-year-old and a five-year-old child and injured nearly 100 people in northern Texas near the Oklahoma border, Gov. Greg Abbott told the media on Sunday.SS1MS