Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms that swept through several US states over the weekend killed at least 32 people, according to authorities.
Tennessee was particularly hard-hit, with 15 weather-related deaths, the southern state’s disaster management agency reported Sunday.
Nine people died specifically in McNairy County east of Memphis, while two children and one adult were killed in Memphis even as trees fell on homes, local police said.
Tennessee’s victims join 17 others recorded in the states of Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama in the south, and Illinois and Indiana in the north of the country and Delaware on the east coast.
“We are working closely with the state of Indiana and other affected states as they assess the damage, and we stand ready to respond to any additional requests for federal assistance,” US President Joe Biden said Sunday, who also expressed his support for the Victims expressed and their families.
Wherever thunderstorms and tornadoes have been raging since Friday, residents now have to deal with the damage: overturned cars, uprooted trees, broken telephone poles or burned-out houses.
Tornadoes, meteorological phenomena as impressive as they are difficult to predict, are widespread in the United States, particularly in the central and southern parts of the country.
A week ago, a tornado swept through Mississippi, killing 25 people and causing extensive property damage. President Biden visited the site on Friday.
In December 2021, about 80 people lost their lives after tornadoes hit Kentucky.