Flash floods and tornadoes kill eight people

Due to high winds, flash floods, and tornadoes died Sunday in Texas and adjacent Louisiana, according to media at least eight people reports.

Among the dead were three children. The bad weather front seemed to be moving on Sunday in a North-easterly direction, also in New York and the capital Washington prepared.

The inhabitants of Alabama were warned by the weather service tornadoes in the middle of downpours. "Heavy rain may hide this Tornado, don't expect to see the Tornado or hear. You now cover-based", warned the meteorologists in Birmingham, as the transmitter CNN reported. In a suburb of Birmingham, a worker clearing fallen trees died.

In vehicles killed

In Texas, several people were on Saturday and Sunday, the victims of the tornadoes. In Angelina County, two children died when the car in which you were with your parents on the road, was hit by a falling tree. The three-and eight-year-old children were able to be salvaged, according to the Sheriff's only dead from the vehicle. In the archaeological site of Caddo Mounds, dozens of people were hit by a Tornado and injured, a woman later died in the hospital.

In the vicinity of Houston, a woman died in the ruins of your motorhome. Four other people were injured.

In West Monroe in the neighboring U.S. state of Louisiana drowned a 13-Year-old, as he was swept away by a flash flood. Later, the police found another dead in a sunken car. Also in the state of Mississippi, authorities have reported at least one dead and many injured by the storm.

village destroyed

By the cyclones and Floods, many houses were destroyed, fallen trees blocked roads and fell on power lines and caused widespread power failure. The village of Franklin, in Texas, was destroyed, according to media reports, almost entirely, by a Tornado. In Hamilton, Mississippi dozens of homes had been razed to the ground, it was said.

In Augusta, Georgia has been started for the Masters Golf tournament because of an approaching storm on Sunday earlier than usual. The professionals had to be unusually early for the discount. Tiger Woods celebrated his victory already in the midday hours, usually the winner of the tournament in the afternoon is there. (chk/sda)

Created: 15.04.2019, 04:14 PM