2023-08-08 15:23:57
Hundreds of thousands of people remained without power Tuesday in the eastern United States in the aftermath of violent storms that killed at least two people.
According to the FlightAware website, more than 1,700 domestic flights were canceled on Monday and more than 8,000 delayed. Shortly after 4 a.m. Tuesday, more than 400,000 customers were without power on the East Coast, according to poweroutage.us.
Rain, high winds and hail swept through most of the US East Coast, from Alabama to New York where weather warnings, with the risk of tornadoes, likely to affect millions of people, had been issued.
The National Weather Service (NWS) had forecast a “moderate risk” of dangerous storms, with gusts that could reach more than 128 km / h. “Stay alert to weather conditions and make sure you are able to receive alerts,” the NWS in Baltimore and Washington advised on Monday during the day.
In Alabama, a 28-year-old man died after being struck by lightning in the parking lot of an industrial park and in South Carolina, a 15-year-old boy was killed by a falling tree in front of his parents’ house. -parents, according to a local CBS channel.
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