Hello and welcome to the details of US storms, ‘severe’ flooding death toll climbs to 16 and now with the details
Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - A truck drives through floodwater on April 05, 2025 in Cairo, Illinois. — Getty Images via AFP pic
WASHINGTON, April 6 — Violent storms battering the central-eastern United States have killed at least 16 people, officials said, with the National Weather Service warning yesterday of “severe” flash flooding in the coming days.
A line of fierce storms stretching from Arkansas to Ohio has damaged buildings, flooded roadways and produced dozens of tornadoes in recent days.
Tennessee was hardest hit by extreme weather, with state authorities saying on Saturday that 10 people had died across the western part of the state.
Two people were killed due to floods in Kentucky, according to state Governor Andy Beshear, including a child who was “swept away by floodwaters.”
Photos shared on social and local media showed widespread damage from the storm across several states, with homes torn apart, toppled trees, downed power lines and overturned cars.
“Severe, widespread flash flooding is expected” into Sunday in parts of the central-eastern region, the National Weather Service (NWS) said, warning that “lives and property are in great danger.”
Two storm-related deaths were recorded in Missouri and one in Indiana, according to local media reports and authorities.
A five-year-old was found dead in a home in Little Rock, Arkansas “in connection to the ongoing severe weather,” the state’s emergency management agency said in a statement.
“Flooding has reached record levels in many communities,” Kentucky’s Governor Beshear wrote on social media Saturday, urging residents in the state to “avoid travel, and never drive through water.”
More than 100,000 customers were without power in Arkansas and Tennessee as of early Sunday, according to tracking website PowerOutage.us.
The NWS yesterday said that moderate to severe tornadoes could form in parts of the Tennessee Valley and Lower Mississippi Valley today, along with “severe thunderstorms.”
Scientists say global warming is disrupting climate patterns and the water cycle, making extreme weather more frequent and ferocious.
Last year set a record for high temperatures in the United States, with the country also pummeled by a barrage of tornadoes and destructive hurricanes. — AFP
These were the details of the news US storms, ‘severe’ flooding death toll climbs to 16 for this day. We hope that we have succeeded by giving you the full details and information. To follow all our news, you can subscribe to the alerts system or to one of our different systems to provide you with all that is new.
It is also worth noting that the original news has been published and is available at Malay Mail and the editorial team at AlKhaleej Today has confirmed it and it has been modified, and it may have been completely transferred or quoted from it and you can read and follow this news from its main source.
