US tornadoes

1 March 2012

Storms and tornadoes have left at least 13 people dead. The states of Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Alabama from the Midwest US have been affected by a considerable among of storms and tornadoes theses last days.

Electrical lines had been broken, services had been cancelled and an unknown number of people are missing.

Meteorologists think that there had been more or less 90 tornadoes and 700 weather events in these last days. This is one of the most catastrophic events in the last one hundred years in these US states. Tornadoes are possibly generated by a cold storm from the Rocky Mountains that hits a warm storm from the East.

This month is an unusual month for tornadoes but surprisingly tornadoes with a very strength are now there. Some towns were completely destroyed (no water service, no electricity and lots of houses are damaged). People are scary for this peak of strong storms and tornadoes.

Rescue workers are searching for survivors trapped in homes, roads and buildings in general. In one town a roof from a school has flown like a weak slice of paper and the bus school has been thrown against a restaurant. The situation is dramatic. At least 40 homes has beendestroyed and 150 has been damaged in only one state.

There was a twister in one state (Illionis) that was classified as the second-highest rating twister all over the times. The tornado was 200 yards (183 m) wide and it generated wind speeds of up to 170 mph (274 km/h). It’s crazy!