The bad weather hasn’t stopped with the United States; it will continue to rage through the weekend as it moves, causing disasters in its path.
It devastated several areas of the southern states: There were about fifty tornadoes, mainly in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Many citizens are shocked.
“He shook us and then threw us to the ground. I then approached and saw the extent of the damage. I can’t believe it happened in just eight seconds,” one man said in English.
Killed three people in Louisiana
A mother and her eight-year-old son were thrown from their home. The mother’s body was found on the road under rubble, that of her son further in a wooded area.
A 56-year-old woman also lost her life.
In the town of Gretna, tens of thousands of people were left without power. However, the record is relatively happy, with only three injuries on the board.
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Meanwhile, in the north, in South Dakota, almost 60 centimeters of snow fell, causing the closure of several schools and 500 km of freeways.
3,000 plane flights were also postponed and 150 cancelled. The blizzard affects more than 500,000 people.