- From Texas to Michigan, storms rip the country.
- NWS says the storm “start just a multi-day horrific”.
- Two meteorological deaths in McNairy, Obion Counties.
The National Weather Service on Thursday warned of “generations” floods in the south and midwests of the US, as storms from Texas to Michigan exploded storms, killed a tornado and killed two people.
On Wednesday, at least 19 tornado killed, destroyed houses and businesses, injured at least eight people and knocked hundreds of thousands of people.
This was just the beginning of a multi-day horrific and potential historical heavy rainfall “, said NWS.
Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee and Mississippi suffered a threat to a “generational flood incident” with some places to see as 15 inches (38 cm) rains over the weekend, causing rivers to cause rivers to break their banks.
The Tennessi Department of Health reported two weather related deaths in McNairy and Obion Counties. According to local officials, four people were injured in the Craighead County in Arkansas and four others, including one seriously, when a church was killed in a church in Bollad County, Kentki.
Railroad company BNSF said it had received reports of derailment of a freight train train near Storm-Hit City Bay in Arkansas, without specifying the cause.
Late on Wednesday, Arkansas, Kentki and Tennessy declared an emergency situation.
The National Weather Service stated that there was a thunderstorm thunderstorm on Thursday in Arkansas, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and parts of Texas, more tornado, hailstorm and flood warning for life.
NWS meteorologist Scott Clebur said on Wednesday, “Tonight’s word is ‘chaotic’. It is a major expansion of storms that are slowly migrating, spreading from South East Michigan to South East Arkansas.”
Missouri’s emergency management agency said that a tornado colliding with Nevada city, Missouri “many businesses caused great damage, electric poles were shocked and many (empty) train cars were flipped on their sides …”
According to PowerOutage.us, more than 400,000 customers knocked their power in the storm-hit area.
