Louisville, Ky. – Much of the United States faced another round of jaws in winter on Sunday, with torrential rains causing intense floods in Kentucky and resulted in at least one death. The northern plains faced the potentially deadly cold, and tornado watches were broadcast for parts of Georgia and Florida.
A 73-year-old man was found dead in flood waters in Clay County, Wkyt-TV reported. Clay County County Management Deputy Director Revellle Berry confirmed death, but did not provide additional details.
The severe storms also extended in parts of Florida and Georgia, where tornado watches were in force early, said the National Meteorological Service.
In other places, a chilling cold for the northern plains with low temperatures in the 30 years F near the Canadian border is expected. Dangerously cold wind cooling temperatures are expected in Dakotas and Minnesota of less 40 Fahrenheit (minus 40 Celsius) to less 50 F (minus 45.6 c).
Strong amounts of snowfall were expected in parts of New England and North New York. In some areas, wind bursts could reach 60 mph (approximately 97 kph) and create “dangerous laundering conditions,” said the NWS.
Kentucky faces serious floods
The Kentucky Fishing and Wildlife Department said there was an investigation into a death and rescue operation was underway in Hart County, Wnkky-TV reported. The station reported that a young man died and a second victim disappeared at the floods on Saturday night.
The Department of Fishing and Wildlife and the Hart County Sheriff’s office did not immediately respond to a request for more information from Associated Press.
The submerged cars and buildings of water in Kentucky and landslides blocked the roads in Virginia. Both states were under flood warnings, together with Tennessee and Arkansas. The National Meteorological Service warned the residents to remain away from the roads.
The governor of Kentucky, Andy Beshear, declared an emergency state in Kentucky, where sudden floods were expected until Sunday. The sudden floods reached some roads in the green bowling and parts of the west of Kentucky could face up to 8 inches (20.3 centimeters) of rain.
“We want to specifically put the assets in places that are flooded and flooded in the past,” Beshear said on social networks.
Later, Beshear used social networks to update residents about in danger of flood from Pike and Jenny Wiley State Park in Pressburg.
Beshear said in a position on Saturday night he had written to the White House requesting an emergency disaster statement and federal funds for impacted areas.
The Kentucky River Medical Center in the city of Jackson said it closed its emergency department and was transferring all patients to two other hospitals in the region. The hospital said it would reassess the conditions on Sunday morning to determine when it can reopen safely. It is forecast that the northern bifurcation of the Kentucky river grew up at almost 14 feet (4.3 meters) above the flood stage that afternoon, the weather service said.
The photos published by authorities and residents in social networks showed cars and buildings under water in the center-south and eastern Kentucky. In Buchanan County, Virginia, the Sheriff’s office said multiple roads were blocked by landslides.
The Simpson County Emergency Management Office in Kentucky said the authorities made several rescue of stagnant vehicles in flood waters.
“Stay at home if you can,” said the office on Facebook.
New England faces snow, then Aguanieve
Meanwhile, the strong snow was expected to cover much of New England and then the transition to Sleet, making traveling almost impossible. The heaviest accumulations, possibly one foot (30.5 centimeters) or more, were expected in the state of New York and northern New England.
“Ice accumulations are forecast up to a room of an inch for some areas, which makes the driving conditions dangerous. Heavy icing in some places can cause fallen trees and power cuts, ”warned the weather service.
The snow temperatures and the Arctic swept much of the plains of the west and upper medium, covering roads in the east of Nebraska, the north of Iowa and much of Wisconsin. Winter weather notices were issued for parts of those states and Michigan, with up to 4 inches (10.6 centimeters) of snow predicted throughout Iowa, southern Wisconsin and most Michigan for Sunday night.
Frigid polar vortex
Meteorologists said that the United States was about to obtain their tenth and colder Vortex Polar stretch event this season, with the Northern Rockies and the northern plains online. Meteorological forces in the Arctic are combined to push the cold air that generally remains close to the north pole to the United States and Europe.
In Denver, where temperatures were expected to fall as low as 14 degrees (minus 10 degrees Celsius) over the weekend, the city opened shelters for those who live in the streets.
California fights with landslides
The dry climate returned to southern California after the strongest storm of the year. But the risk of rocks and landslides on the slopes of the forest fire forest continued because dangerous slides can attack even after the rain stops, particularly in areas where the vegetation that helps maintain the ground has burned.
The water, the rubble and the rocks ran through the mountain in the city of Sierra Madre on Thursday night, catching at least one car in the mud and damaging several homemade garages with mud and rubble. The excavators cleaned streets covered in mud in the city of 10,000 people.
A storm in the Sierra Nevada threw 6 feet (1.8 meters) snow for 36 hours. Two workers of the Mammoth Mountain ski patrol were trapped in an avalanche during avalanche mitigation work on Friday morning, the complex said on a Facebook publication. One was extracted and responded, while the other was taken to a hospital with serious injuries.
