Although USA always had an unbreakable bond with natural phenomena, in recent weeks the population cannot come out of its stupor. It is that he National Metereological Service does not stop giving negative news, to the point that this Tuesday night there were two strong tornadoes in Michiganwhere one of them trapped 50 workers and destroyed a mobile home park, according to authorities.
The organizations in charge of providing climate information indicate that strong storms were reported in the north-central region of USA with heavy downpours, gales and tornadoes, which meteorologists say could last until Wednesday morning.
Tornadoes were identified after dark in areas of Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. Some areas of Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri were also under a tornado warning, according to the National Metereological Service. In southwestern Michigan, two tornadoes tore through the city of Portagenearly Kalamazoowhere they destroyed homes and commercial buildings, including a shopping center FedEx that was destroyed.
The sequence is viral
Although tornadoes have lurked throughout history, today they have a greater impact due to the ramifications that exist on social networks. A simple cell phone is enough to portray a moment, to the point that in recent days they were displayed on x (exTwitter) several films of tension-filled sequences.
At this time, the episode that has repercussions is that of a storm that left about 50 workers trapped while rescuers waited to remove the electrical cables that blocked their safe exit: “The building suffered significant damage and is a dangerous place,” said the spokesperson. of Kalamazoo County, Taylor Koopmanby email.
Fortunately, after the tension, the rescuers reported that they were able to save them.
Shortly after, the county administration Kalamazooin the state of Michigan, announced that search and rescue teams managed to rescue employees who were trapped inside a tornado-damaged distribution facility in Portage.
Adverse weather doesn’t stop
Tuesday’s storms came the day after areas of central USES were hit by downpours, strong winds, hail and tornadoes. Both Great Plains as the north central region suffered from tornadoes this spring.
Without going any further, on Monday – at night – a deadly tornado in Oklahoma hit the small town of Barnsdall, with 1,000 inhabitants. At least one person died and another was missing.
It was the second tornado to hit Barnsdall in five weeks: On April 1, a meteor with a maximum speed of between 145 and 161 kilometers (90 to 100 miles) per hour damaged homes and downed trees and power poles.
In turn, areas of Oklahoma as sulfur and Holdenville They are still reeling from the impact of a tornado that killed four people and left thousands without power late last month. To give a much more negative context to the situation, storms are expected to exist throughout the week in the United States. The east and south of the country would bear the brunt of the rest of the week, which would affect Indianapolis, Memphis, nashville, saint Louis and Cincinnaticities where more than 21 million people live.
