The storm swept across the South and hit the East Coast today, threatening 65 million people from Florida to New York
A strong storm swept across the south, with tornadoes in Texas and Oklahoma, causing power outages for 400,000 households in five states. The weather department warned that the storm would move to the east coast on the 5th, threatening 65 million people in coastal areas from Florida to New York. On the 4th, the storm system formed an EF-1 tornado near Dallas in Irving, Texas, with wind speeds of 110 miles per hour, destroying a large number of trees, and damaging apartment buildings and other buildings. The thunderstorms caused by the storm caused power outages for 330,000 households in Texas, along with Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma, a total of 400,000 households in five states were affected. In the afternoon of the 4th, the storm moved to Jackson, Mississippi and New Orleans, and many parades on the last day of the local carnival were forced to be canceled or held early. The weather department predicted that the area would have strong winds of 80 miles per hour and accompanied by large hail, which may cause flooding. Tornado warnings have been issued for the two cities. The weather department has issued a Level 3 severe thunderstorm warning for eastern North and South Carolina and southeastern Virginia, which is a medium-to-high level on the 5-level system. Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, and Raleigh and Durham in North Carolina face the greatest threat.
