42120166 The number of victims of the hurricane "Irene" in the U.S. grew to 40 people
In one day, the number of deaths during the hurricane "Irene" in the U.S. has doubled. As reported on Tuesday, August 30, the Associated Press, the element has killed 40 people. Another resident of the United States, whose car killed a stream of water, has been missing. According to the agency, a sharp increase in the number of casualties due to the fact that only the rescuers on Monday managed to extract from water bodies of the dead. Most of them, according to police, had been crushed by fallen trees or have died from shock due to contact with bare wires into the water. Experts say that the greatest danger came after the hurricane abated. In particular, due to come to be replaced by heavy rains, the river overflowed. In Vermont, because of the flood Williams (Williams River) started strong in '83 flood. Gov. Peter Shamlin (Peter Shumlin) has called it a "flood of the century". In one day, fell about 280 millimeters of precipitation. Powerful streams of water seriously damaged roads and destroyed several old bridges, according to Detroit Free Press. On Monday, when rain and gale-force wind ceased, in one of the flooded towns in New Jersey, exploded an abandoned house. Firefighters had to swim to his boat to extinguish the fire. In Maryland, the hurricane damaged the sewer system, causing some streets flooded with sewage, told television channel Fox. In total, according to ABC, because of power outages on 12 stations for waste waters in the north of the state of the water were more than 60 million liters of sewage. So far, more than 5 million homes and businesses throughout the East Coast remain without electricity. The government has warned citizens that the full restoration of power supply system will take at least a week. About a thousand people can not return to their homes because of high water levels. Hurricane damage continues to grow. The authorities claim that the exact figure is still too early to call. On Monday, the U.S. government has stated that the damage from wind alone amounted to nearly a billion dollars, informs television channel CNN. According to calculations Kinetic Analysis Corp, the amount of damages to be about 14 billion, and economic losses – about $ 20 billion, adds Bloomberg. Meanwhile, economists estimate that the University of Maryland (University of Maryland's Smith School of Business), which leads The Talk Radio News Service, a total of "Irene" could cost Americans 45 billion. Because of the hurricane "Irene" that struck the Caribbean and U.S. east coast, killing 46 people.
