Once again, hurricanes take their toll, causing human and material losses, and the primary culprit in such cases is always climate change. In this picture, part of the devastation appears in “Barnsdall” and its neighboring towns in the state of Oklahoma in the south-central United States, after it was exposed, last Tuesday, to a hurricane that turned into severe storms that led to heavy rains and strong winds that resulted in the death of at least one person and damage to dozens. Homes.
But Tuesday’s storms and tornadoes did not stop in Barnsdall alone, but also included several cities in the state of Oklahoma, including Osage, a small city. Local officials said that the tornado destroyed a third of its homes and caused multiple injuries. Also in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, emergency teams rescued a number of people trapped in the Hampton Inn Hotel and restored collapsed power lines.
According to data from the US National Weather Service, at least 15 tornadoes struck various regions of the United States last Tuesday evening, including the states of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan, in addition to Oklahoma, parts of Indiana, northern Kentucky, western Ohio, Tennessee, Missouri, and Arkansas.
The Storm Prediction Center of the US National Weather Service issued a series of warnings and notifications to residents of these states about “coming hurricanes,” warning in particular of an increased risk of severe thunderstorms, with the possibility of storms turning into powerful hurricanes accompanied by rain and snow.
The center said that heavy rains could lead to flash floods in some areas, warning in particular that urban areas, roads, small streams, and low-lying areas are most at risk. (Image from the New York Times service)
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