97522886 Number of victims of tornadoes in the U.S. rose to 45 people
As a result of tornadoes in the United States have died, according to the April 17, at least 45 people, reports the Associated Press. Only in North Carolina, where on Saturday night, April 16, there have been 62 tornadoes in the disaster killed 21 people. Governor of North Carolina Beverly Perdue (Beverly Perdue) has announced the introduction of a state of emergency regime. According to the governor, the number is not recorded tornadoes in the state since March 1984 – when the victims of hurricanes in North Carolina were 42 people, and in neighboring South Carolina, killing 15 people. As a result of tornadoes in North Carolina without electricity during the night of April 16, temporarily left about 250,000 people. Maintenance crews have almost completely restored the electricity supply in the affected areas, but emergency services have warned that short-term power outages will continue until at least Monday morning local time. A series of tornadoes began in the U.S. east coast on Thursday, April 14, from Oklahoma. Then the hurricanes have passed through Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina and Virginia. As of Sunday, as a result of tornadoes in Arkansas, Alabama and Virginia, killing at seven people, two people were victims of hurricanes in Oklahoma, Mississippi, authorities reported one lost. On the territory of Virginia because of the tornado also declared a state of emergency.
