CBS News reported that 26 people were killed as a result of the tornadoes that hit 8 US states.
The channel, quoting informed sources, indicated that the storms left tens of thousands of residents without electricity, and according to PowerOutage.us, regarding 140,000 people remained without an energy source in Pennsylvania, nearly 82,000 in Ohio, and more than 65,000 in Virginia. .
The US Meteorological Institute noted that hurricanes hit Arkansas, Mississippi, Iowa, Tennessee, Illinois, Wisconsin, Alabama and New Jersey, with a population of more than 28 million.
In New York, the speed of winds accompanied by strong thunderstorms reached 30 m / s, and lightning struck the World Trade Center “1”, the seventh tallest skyscraper in the world.
