The rivers rose, and the floods intensified in the southern and midvst of the US regions, threatening already significantly injured communities for rain and intensive wind, which led to death at least 18 people.
Although the rain began to decrease in some of the most affected areas of Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky, the water level continues to grow in various places, flooding houses and companies and immersion in the roads.
In Frankfurt, Kentukki, rescue teams went to flooded streets on inflatable boats to see what the inhabitants of the state capital are. In addition, workers built barriers of a bag of sand to protect houses and companies, since the Kentukka River continues to grow.
The depth of the river exceeded 14 meters on Sunday, and it is expected that on Monday morning it will reach almost 15 meters and can reach a record level, according to Mayor Frankfort Lane Wilkerson. The system of protective walls of the city is designed to support water levels up to 1 5.5 meters.
Meteorologists indicated that floods can be preserved, since the heavy rains continue to influence several states. Tornado warnings were released in some parts of Alabama, Georgia and Florida most of Sunday.
Loss of life
18 deadly victims registered from the beginning of storms on Wednesday include 10 tenesesses. In Kentukki, the 9 -year -old was dragging floods during the school bus.
According to reports, in Arkansas, five years. In addition, the 16 -year -old voluntary fireman Missouri lost his life in a road accident, trying to save other people caught by a storm.
The National Meteorological Service said on Sunday that it is expected that numerous places in various states have reached an “important flood phase”, and probably the overall flood of structures, roads, bridges and other critical infrastructures is.
In the center of the Kentukki, emergency bodies were ordered by the evacuation of Falmouth and Butler, cities near the Liking River due to the rise in water.
Three decades ago, the river reached a record height of 15.24 meters, which caused five deaths and the destruction of 1000 houses.
Storms arise after the Trump administration reduced work in US meteorology forecasting offices, leaving half of them with about 20% of their free places, twice as much as registered ten years ago.
Flooding forced evacuation
A small city in the north -west of Tennessee with a population of about 200 residents was almost completely immersed on Sunday, after the Obon River is crowded from the failure of the dam.
At dawn on Sunday, Memphis recorded 350 millimeters of rain from Wednesday, according to the National Meteorological Service. Western Memphis and Arkansas received 250 mm.
The rain and strong winds continued to move east on Sunday, forcing the trees to fall in Alabama and Georgia.
Meteorologists explained severe meteorological conditions at high temperatures, an unstable atmosphere, strong winds and an abundance of moisture from the bay.