At least 10 people died during rains in East of the US, where several northern states will face in the next few days the tenth and coldest event of the polar vortex of the winter season.
The bad weather in the United States moved west on Monday while waiting for a polar vortex to affect the rocky mountains and the northern plains, after winter storms hit the east of the United States during the weekend causing the death of At least ten people, including nine victims in Kentucky who died during the floods caused by heavy rains.
The National Meteorology Service warned about a “cold at risk for life” until Tuesday, with temperatures in the northeastern Montana that is expected to descend up to -42.7 degrees Celsius (-45 degrees Fahrenheit) with thermal sensations of up to even -51 ºC (-60 ºF).
Meteorologists indicated that several states would experience the tenth and colder this season's vortex event. Climate forces in the Arctic are combining to push the cold air that normally stays close to the north pole to the United States and Europe.
In Kentucky, Governor Andy Beshear said Sunday that the death toll increased to nine.
“I am sorry to share more bad news tonight, Kentucky. We have just confirmed another death related to the climate in Pike County, which raises our total loss to nine people. ”
Beshear had mentioned previously on Sunday that at least 1,000 people stranded by floods had to be rescued. President Donald Trump approved Kentucky's application for a disaster statement, authorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate help efforts throughout the State.
Beshear indicated that most of the deaths, including a mother and her seven -year -old son, were caused by cars that were trapped in high waters.
“So, friends, stay away from the roads at this time and stay alive,” he said.
Parts of Kentucky and Tennessee received up to 15 centimeters (six inches) of rain, said Bob Oravec, a senior meteorologist of the National Meteorology Service.
“The effects will continue for a while, with many overwhelmed rivers and many floods ongoing,” said ORAVEC on Sunday.
In Alabama, the Meteorological Service in Birmingham reported that he had confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched land in Hale County. The storms there and in other parts of the state destroyed or damaged a handful of rolling houses, knocked down trees and knocked out electric lines, but no injuries were reported immediately.
A state of emergency was declared for Obion County parts, Tennessee, after a dam on Saturday, flooding the small community of Rives, home of around 300 people in the western part of the state.
“There will be mandatory evacuations for Rive residents due to the increase in water, the lack of electricity and the temperatures below zero that create a situation that threatens life,” said the mayor, Steve Carr, in a statement on Sunday.
In Atlanta, a person died when a large tree fell on a house in the early hours of Sunday, according to Captain Scott Powell of the Atlanta Fire Department.
Dangerously cold thermal sensation temperatures of up to -45.6 ºC (-50 ºF) were expected in most of the North Dakota, which remained under a “extreme cold warning” along with large extensions of South Dakota and Minnesota, According to the weather service.
Serious floods
The water immersed cars and buildings in Kentucky and landslides blocked roads in Virginia during the weekend. Flood warnings extended throughout Tennessee and Arkansas.
The mother and the child were dragged on Saturday night in the community of Bonnieville, in Kentucky, said the forensic of Hart County, Tony Roberts. In Southeast Kentucky, a 73 -year -old man was found dead in growing waters in Clay Count, reported the deputy director of County Emergency Management, Revelle Berry Revelerry. In total, there were four deaths in Hart County, Beshear said.
The Kentucky River Medical Center in the city of Jackson said it had closed its emergency department and transferred all patients to two other hospitals in the region due to the flood of a nearby river.
Strong winds knocked down trees and electricity posts in Albermle County, Virginia. Charlottesville police said Sunday on social networks that agents response times could be lengthened due to “an overwhelming number of climate -related service requests.” The police urged residents to stay away from the roads.
Cuts of energy were reported along much of the East Coast, from New York to Georgia.
In Western Virginia, 13 southern counties were under state of floods and some areas were cut to traffic on Sunday. Several volunteer fire departments dealt with floods in their own buildings while attending rescue and evacuation calls.
Rocky mountains, north and northeastern center affected by snowstorms, vortex polar on the road
The ice and snow caused the roads by road to be dangerous in large extensions of Michigan, which remained under a winter weather warning until Monday afternoon. The Michigan State Police reported 114 accidents on Sunday around the Detroit area since it began to snow on Saturday.
“Luckily, most were out of one vehicle and there were no serious injuries,” said Michigan State Police in X.
The authorities in Colorado reported eight dead in vehicle accidents from Valentine's Day and warned drivers who were cautious, since the climate made driving difficult. The causes of the accidents were not known immediately.
Also in Colorado, three state patrols that had stopped next to the road were beaten by other vehicles, including a case on Sunday in which an agent had stopped while the authorities prepared to close a road due to ice. In each case, the officers were out of their patrols at that time and were not injured.
Snow alerts were issued for numerous areas of the rock mountains that extend from Colorado to the state of Washington, with the qualified danger as higher in Utah.