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America .. 16 people were killed in floods and hurricanes that hit several states

Another wave of heavy rains and sudden floods on Saturday struck parts of the south and Middle West of the United States, which had already been affected by days of severe storms that also caused fatal hurricanes.
Meteorologists have warned that rivers in some places will continue to rise for several days. The continuous heavy rains in the center of the United States rapidly increased rivers, prompting a series of warnings about sudden floods from Texas to Ohio.

Severe storms

The National Weather Service said that many sites in several states are expected to reach the stage of the major floods, with the possibility to sweep the extensive floods of infrastructure such as buildings, roads and bridges.
At least 16 deaths were reported due to the weather since the beginning of the storms, including 10 in Tennessee .. A fifty -seven -year -old man died on Friday evening after he got out of his car, which was swept away by the floods in West Blinz, in Missouri.

The floods killed two people in Kentucky – a nine -year -old child washed away by water on the same day while he was heading to school, and a 74 -year -old was found on Saturday inside a completely mired car in Nelson County, the authorities said.

Survones destroyed

A 5 -year -old child died in a house in Little Rock, Arkansas, in a weather associated, according to the police. No immediate details were provided.

Hurricanes also destroyed the entire residential areas and were responsible for the killing of at least seven people.
This storm comes at a time when nearly half of the national meteorical offices suffer from a 20% vacancy after job discounts in the Trump administration – twice that was the case a decade ago.

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