Downed power lines and power poles on Highway 140 in Westminster, Maryland on Tuesday. Photo: AP. are working to repair «catastrophic» damage after severe hurricanes that killed at least two people and caused massive destruction.
Storms that hit part of the country from Alabama and Tennessee to Carolina and New York On Monday, the north of New England continued with wind and rain a day later.
The National Weather Service confirmed that a tornado touched down Tuesday in Mattapoysett, Massachusetts, on the Atlantic coast, although the research team was still on site. determining its strength.
The tornado damaged homes and vehicles, knocked down trees and power lines, and possibly damaged a water treatment plant that continued to operate, officials said. There were no reports of casualties.
The rain also hit Vermont, which experienced historic flooding last month that inundated its capital and damaged thousands of homes, businesses and roads.
Trees uprooted in Washington DC. Photo: REUTERS
Flash flood warnings were issued in Maine, where storms threw 4 to 5 inches (10 to 13 cm) of water in the area around New Gloucester and Lewiston Auburn in the southwest of the state.
30 million people are under tornado surveillance
Monday's storms prompted tornado watches and warnings in 10 states, with about 30 million people on tornado watch this afternoon. Forecasters received more than 900 wind damage reports, including nearly 300 from North Carolina and South Carolina, according to the Storm Prediction Center. 2 landed on Monday with winds up to 130 mph (209 km/h) and a track up to 200 yards (183 meters) wide.
Trees have broken through the roof of a house in Trautman, North Carolina. Credit: GETTY IMAGES
An EF-0 tornado with a maximum wind speed of 85 mph uprooted trees and damaged the exterior walls of buildings near Lake Norman in North Carolina, the Greenville-Spartanburg meteorological office confirmed.
< p>“My rocking chairs flew off my porch and I broke a couple of pots and everything,” Jacob Jolly said at his home in Mooresville, a lakeside suburb of Charlotte.
“And then about 20 minutes later, during a thunderstorm, I heard a transformer right here on this pole. It exploded and all the energy immediately disappeared. Today is lunch time, and there is still no electricity.”
In Westminster, Maryland, about 30 miles northwest of Baltimore, dozens of vehicles were trapped by downed power lines on a highway. There were no reports of injuries, and utility workers cut power, allowing 33 adults and 14 children in vehicles to exit vehicles safely, police said Tuesday.
«You only see this kind of damage once in your career»
Nick Alexopoulos, spokesman for Maryland's largest energy company, BGE, called the destruction «catastrophic».
“This is a damage that if you have worked at BGE in the electricity distribution industry throughout your career, you can see it once,” Alexopoulos said at a press conference.
First responders and other employees worked in team and save lives. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Monday night.
«There were people who got stuck in cars and got stuck in their beds last night,» the governor said.
< img src="/wp-content /uploads/2023/08/83c061c1a41bb634a0ec11c7ce571509.jpg" /> Power lines blown up in Maryland Photo: REUTERS
More than 1.1 million customers were left without power Monday night in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia and Virginia.
But by mid-afternoon Tuesday, power had been restored to all but an estimated 200,000 customers in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Maryland, Georgia, and Tennessee.
By Monday evening, more than According to the FlightAware flight tracking service, 2,600 flights to the US have been canceled and nearly 7,900 delayed.
Thousands of flights have been delayed, including at Arlington Airport in Virginia. Photo: GETTY IMAGES delays and dozens of cancellations. The Federal Aviation Administration, which diverted planes on Monday due to storms, warned on Tuesday that low clouds and winds could affect airports in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Las Vegas and San Francisco, and that thunderstorms may cause delays in Boston, Atlanta. , Florida and Chicago.
At least two people died as a result of hurricanes.
In Anderson, South Carolina, a large tree was uprooted and fell on a 15-year-old teenager. boy on Monday, according to the Anderson County coroner's office. The high school sophomore's death was classified as the result of a severe weather event, officials said.
On Monday in Florence, Alabama, a 28-year-old worker was struck by lightning at an industrial park and died. said the police.
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