While parts of the central US recover from a fatal outbreak of heavy weather, it is predicted that a line of storms will unleash large hail, heavy rain and tornadoes over the south.
According to AccuWeather, powerful thunderstorms on April 22 will extend from the northeast of Kansas to Texas and New Mexico. The most powerful storms can unleash the size of baseball, heavy rain and “a few tornadoes.
“Property damage can be significant in the strongest storms,” AcUWeather warned.
Until the end of the week, the same southern states run the risk of serious thunderstorms, large hail and tornadoes as a line of rain barrels in the region. On April 25, the heavy rainfall could extend to the valleys of Mississippi and Ohio, said AccuWeather.
The storms brew because central American states, especially Oklahoma, recover from a large weekend storm system that made up tornadoes, damaged houses and killed at least three people, including a 21-year-old boy.
Flood advice was still active on April 22 from Missouri to Louisiana and Mississippi while floods flow in rivers and go downstream.
Brand breaks out in Pennsylvania, consumes hundreds of hectares
Firefighters in the east of Pennsylvania worked to manage a fire that broke out during the weekend and exploded in size, stretched over dry mountainous terrain and came dangerously close to houses.
The Packerton Fire, which is also known as the Jim Thorpe Fire of Bear Mountain Fire, has set 426 hectares on fire and is 15% enclosed, according to the Wildfire data of USA Today. The fire is burning near Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, in Carbon County, about 82 miles northwest of Philadelphia. The cause of the nature fire is unknown.
High wind quickly expanded the fire after it had broken out. The wind is delayed from April 22, but the brush remains dry and continues to feed the furious natural fire, officials said. Much of Southeast -Pennsylvania remains on “high” fire hazard, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Oklahoma battered by 'Historical Weather Event'
An extinct storm system unleashed several tornadoes and caused great floods by Oklahoma while wiping over the state during the weekend.
A Tornado in Spauling, a city about 80 miles southeast of Oklahoma City, destroyed two houses, killed one person and injured two others, according to the Hughes County Emergency Management Agency.
In Moore, about 11 miles south of Oklahoma City, the police found the bodies of a 44-year-old woman and her 12-year-old son stranded in a vehicle in flood water. The Moore Police Department identified the deceased as Erika Lott and Rivers Bond.
“This was a historic weather event that influenced roads and resulted in dozens of high water incidents in the city,” said Moore's police in a statement.
Contributions: Julia Gomez
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