At Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), in Texas, a American Airlines It was blown away by the strong winds that are occurring in the city.
The unusual event occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, May 28, and was captured by one of the security cameras of the airport and it was sharing it on social networks. In fact, it already has thousands of views.
He video Not only is it impressive, but it demonstrates the impressive force of nature, well, the American Airlines commercial plane, Boeing 737-800was moved several meters from its boarding gate by intense gusts of wind.
And for Tuesday, the National Metereological Service (NWS) forecast very strong storms over much of Texas and southern Oklahoma, with damaging winds and large hail likely.
“The threat of excessive rains could create localized areas of flash flooding and urban flooding in Texas and Oklahoma on Wednesday,” NWS added.
Due to this, the operation of the airport and airlines was affected. Even, The weather forced the suspension of more than 700 flights that day.
The incident caused great concern for the security of passengers on flights due to inclement weather. However, in a statement from American Airlines, the airline highlighted that there were no injuries and that the corresponding procedures were carried out.
On the other hand, it is unknown if the plane suffered some mechanical or functional impairment after being moved forcefully.
The weather is dangerous
On May 28, the EFE agency reported that at least 23 people have died in storms, rain, winds and tornadoes in the south-central region of the United States, where this Tuesday more than 800,000 homes, offices and businesses lacked electricity supply.
Forecasters reported severe storms and tornadoes in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Texas during Memorial Day weekend, including Sunday, which was the stormiest day so far this year.
According to local authorities, at least five people died as a result of the storms in Kentucky, another seven, including two children, in Cooke County, Texas; two died in Oklahoma, eight in Arkansas and one in Virginia.
The extreme weather events They occur when the race has not yet officially begun. Hurricane season in the Atlantic, for which the National Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has predicted an abundance of cyclones.
In that season, which begins on June 1 and ends on November 30, a total of between 17 and 25 tropical storms could form, of which about 13 could reach the category of hurricanes, and seven of them would qualify as major.
A bulletin from the Union of Conscious Scientists (UCS) noted that more than 68.7 million people in the United States face this station alerts from extreme weather conditions including wildfires, floods, tropical storms, extreme heat and floods.
GERALDINE BAJONERO VÁSQUEZ
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*With information from EFE
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