At the end of May 2024, several people were killed and more than 10 injured as a result of a tornado that hit the city of Greenfield in the state of Iowa in the United States, local police spokesman Alex Dinkla said. According to the Associated Press, a tornado hit the city of Greenfield in the southeast of the state on the afternoon of May 21, destroying a significant part of the building. Many residents of the city of 2 thousand people lost their homes, and the local hospital was also destroyed.
In April 2024, six people were injured as a result of powerful tornadoes that hit the US states of Nebraska, Iowa and Texas, CNN reported. The TV channel previously reported that tornadoes began on Friday and occurred amid intensifying rainfall in the central part of the United States, at least three people were injured. “Four people in Pottawattamie County, Iowa… Two people in Omaha, Nebraska… were… injured,” CNN reported, noting that the victims were treated.
There were about 80 reports of tornadoes in at least five states on Friday, many of those reports were confirmed by weather services or storm chaser videos, the station said.
At the end of May 2024, several people were killed and more than 10 injured as a result of a tornado that hit the city of Greenfield in the state of Iowa in the United States, local police spokesman Alex Dinkla said. According to the Associated Press, a tornado hit the city of Greenfield in the southeast of the state on the afternoon of May 21, destroying a significant part of the building. Many residents of the city of 2 thousand people lost their homes, and the local hospital was also destroyed.
“We can confirm the number of deaths… At least 12 people have been hospitalized, but we are still processing this information to have accurate numbers,” Dinkla said at a press conference. The recording was published on the We Are Iowa Local 5 News channel’s YouTube page.
A police spokesman noted that local authorities have decided to impose a curfew in the city; only citizens with Greenfield license plates will be allowed to enter. He added that a victim assistance center was located by the county health system in a school in the city that was not damaged by the tornado.
At the end of March 2023, according to the US National Weather Service (NWS), the city of Los Angeles, California, was hit by the strongest tornado since 1983. This was reported by the Reuters news agency. The storm also reportedly affected an industrial park and warehouse district in the city of Montebello, with 17 buildings damaged and 11 destroyed. A power line pole fell along with transformers. Car windows were broken. At least one person was injured, local authorities said.
According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), tornadoes are rare in California, averaging less than 10 times a year. Most tornadoes in the state are small and short-lived.
In late March 2023, a deadly tornado struck Mississippi. At least 14 people were killed after a destructive tornado and severe thunderstorms ripped through Mississippi late Friday. The cold front that caused the storm left behind destruction that could be traced for more than 100 miles, ABC News reported, citing local and federal authorities.
Thunderstorms hit Mississippi in the evening, followed by reports of tornadoes in the Silver City and Rolling Fork areas. By 9:31 p.m., the tornado continued to move across the state, crossing I-55 and approaching the city of Winona in Montgomery County. Rolling Fork and Silver City were hit hardest by the storm. Old-timers compared the tornado seen in the state to the 2011 tornado that killed 161 people.
Search and rescue operations were also conducted in Sharkey and Humphreys counties, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said, adding that tornado warnings had been issued throughout the state.
In December 2021, tornadoes struck Kentucky, Illinois, and Arkansas. “The consequences of this tornado may be more negative than the damage from the 1974 Super Outbreak tornado,” Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said on December 11. whose words are quoted by the WIS NEWS portal.
According to Beshear, as of December 11, the number of victims of the natural disaster exceeded 100 people. On December 11, US President Joe Biden called these natural disasters the largest in history. The politician ordered the deployment of emergency and rescue services in the affected areas, the establishment of water supply and the supply of necessary goods.
It also became known that six people died when an Amazon warehouse in Illinois collapsed due to a tornado. In total there were from 50 to 100 people.
In addition, at least two people died after a hurricane hit a nursing home in the American city of Monette (Arkansas). According to media reports, five people were able to escape from the dilapidated building.
