WASHINGTON – Several people have died and millions are on alert for a destructive storm that occurred this Wednesday in the state of Missouri, in the center of the United States, in which several tornadoes have been reported.
CNN reported that the storm has hit Bollinger County and that, according to official sources, there have been “multiple deaths and injuries.” The number of those affected is not clear because data on what happened is still being received and rescue tasks are being carried out.
Some 85 million people remain on alert for a storm system that is moving towards the center of the United States, after passing through the states of Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Michigan, where a dozen tornadoes have been reported in the last few hours.
There were also reports of heavy hail, with balls the size of a baseball.
Last weekend, more than thirty people died from the strong tornadoes that hit the Midwest and South of the United States, leaving thousands of homes destroyed, tens of thousands of homes without electricity, and causing the roof of a theater to collapse. concerts.
The hardest-hit states were Tennessee, Arkansas, Indiana, and Illinois.
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