Violent storms in the south, the Midwest poses tornadoes and killing 1 person

Violent storms have crossed a large band from the South and Midwest, causing the tornadoes and killing at least one person, overthrowing the electric lines and the trees and tearing the roofs of the houses.

Dozens of tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings were issued Wednesday in some parts of Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Mississippi while storms struck these states and others in the evening. The forecasters attributed the violent time to diurnal heating combining with an unstable atmosphere, a strong wind shear and abundant humidity in the middle section of the country from the Gulf.

At least one person was killed in south-eastern Missouri, KFVS-TV reported, while part of a warehouse collapsed in a suburb of Indianapolis, temporarily trapping at least one person inside. In the northeast of Arkansas, a rare tornado emergency was issued while debris stole thousands of feet in the air.

The next few days were also due to bring the risk of potentially deadly sudden floods to the south and midwest while serious thunderstorms blowing east become supercharged. The powerful storm system will bring “significant and potentially fatal floods” every day to Saturday, the National Weather Service said.

With more than one foot (30 centimeters) of rain possible over the next four days, the prolonged flood “is an event that occurs once by a generation to a life,” said the meteorological service. “Totals and historical impacts of precipitation are possible.”

According to the Storm Storm prediction center Texas, more than 90 million people presented a serious risk of time in a large part of the Nation of Texas in Minnesota and Maine.

A tornado emergency – The highest alert of the weather service – was briefly declared around Blytheville, Arkansas on Wednesday evening, with debris at least 25,000 feet (7.6 kilometers), according to Chelly Amin, a meteorologist at the service.

“It will certainly be a really horrible situation here, sunrise in the morning in these regions,” said Amin.

A tornado was also reported on the ground near Harrisburg, Arkansas, in the evening.

The Division of the Arkansas Emergency Department said that there had been damage in 22 counties due to tornadoes, gusts of wind, hail and sudden flood. At least four people were injured, but there was no death report on Wednesday evening.

In Kentucky, a tornado approached on Wednesday evening around Jeffersontown, a suburb of Louisville, passing through the Interstate 64 service and Interstate 265, according to the meteorological service.

Four people were injured in Kentucky when a church was affected by debris of an alleged tornado, according to the management of emergencies of Ballard county. One person was in critical condition, while the others undergo injuries not putting their life in danger.

In Brownsburg, Indiana, where part of a warehouse collapsed, the police service told people not to travel to the city. Five semi-camons were blown up on Interstate 65 near Lowell, Indiana, state police reported.

In Pilot Grove, Missouri, several structures were damaged, the overturned cars and the electric posts were broken, the state emergency management agency said. Minor injuries have been reported, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

The authorities in eastern Missouri were trying to determine whether it was a tornado that damaged the buildings, overthrew vehicles and demolished public service posts, trees and business panels in and around the city of Nevada.

On Wednesday, another tornado approached Owasso Oklahoma City Northeast, according to the weather service. There was no immediate report of injuries, but the Twister has strongly damaged the roofs of the houses and dropped the power lines, the trees, the fences and the hangars.

The energy was eliminated from nearly 90,000 customers in Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee, according to Poweroutage.us, which follows national breakdowns. Wednesday evening, when the storms moved to Indiana, more than 182,000 customers lost energy.

About 2.5 million people were rarely called “high -risk” zone, covering certain parts of western Tennessee, including Memphis; Northeast of Arkansas; the southeast corner of Missouri; And certain parts of western Kentucky and South Illinois.

The Storm Prediction Center said that “several EF3 + tornado tornadoes” were likely. The tornadoes of this magnitude are among the strongest in intensity.

At a slightly lower risk of a violent time, an area which included Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Louisville, Kentucky. Dallas, Detroit, Milwaukee and Nashville, Tennessee, were also in danger.

A line of thunderstorms dropped heavy rains in certain parts of Indiana on Wednesday evening. At least one street was flooded in Indianapolis, with water almost reaching the windows of several cars, according to the city’s metropolitan police service. No one was in vehicles.

Additional cyclists of heavy rains were expected in certain parts of Texas, the lower Mississippi valley and the Ohio Valley from week to Saturday. The forecasters warned that they could follow the same areas several times, producing sudden dangerous floods capable of sweeping away cars.

The Middle Tennessee envisaged serious storms followed by four days of heavy rains while the front ends and gets away during the weekend, according to the meteorologist NWS Mark Rose.

“I don’t remember seeing one like that, and I’ve been here for 30 years,” said Rose. “It’s not moving.”

The rain totaling up to 15 inches (38 centimeters) has been planned over the next seven days in the northeast of Arkansas, the southeast corner of Missouri, western Kentucky and the southern parts of Illinois and Indiana, the meteorological service warned, with certain regions of Kentucky and Indiana to a particularly high risk of flood.

In Michigan, the crews worked to restore power after an ice storm on weekends. On Wednesday, more than 122,000 customers were still without electricity, according to Poweroutage.us.

The Mackinac bridge connecting the lower and upper peninsulas of Michigan was closed because large pieces of ice fell from cables and towers. It was the third consecutive day of interruptions of the ice storm.

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The editors of the Associated Press Andrew Demillo in Little Rock, Arkansas; Adrian Sainz in Memphis, Tennessee; Seth Borenstein in Washington; Isabella O’malley in Philadelphia; And Ed White in Detroit.