Floods through southeast leaves 2 dead

Louisville, Ky. (AP) – A large part of the United States faced another cycle of time biting on Sunday, the torrential rains causing intense floods in Kentucky and causing at least two deaths. The northern plains were faced with deadly cold and tornado watches were published for parts of Georgia and Florida.

A 73 -year -old man was found dead in flood waters in County Clay, Wkyt-TV reported. Deputy Director of County Emergency Management in Clay, Revelle Berry confirmed the death but did not provide additional details.

Serious storms also swept through parts of Florida and Georgia, where tornado watches were in force early Sunday, the National Weather Service said.

Elsewhere, frightening cold is expected for the northern plains with low temperatures in the least 30 s near the Canadian border. Dangerous winding temperatures dangerously cold in the Dakotas and Minnesota in less than 40 fahrenheit (minus 40 celsius) at less than 50 F (minus 45.6 C) are expected.

Quantities of large snowfalls were expected in parts of New England and Northern New York. In some regions, gusts of wind could reach 60 MPH (approximately 97 km / h) and create “dangerous white conditions,” said the NWS.

Kentucky faces serious floods

The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Ministry said there had been an investigation into a death and a rescue operation was underway in Hart County, Wnky-TV reported. The station pointed out that a youngster had died and a second victim was missing during the floods on Saturday evening.

The Fish and Fauna and Hart sheriff’s department of Hartrifs did not immediately respond to a request for more information from the Associated Press.

Cars and buildings immersed in Kentucky water and mudslides blocked the roads in Virginia. The two states were under the warnings of the floods, as well as Tennessee and Arkansas. The National Weather Service warned residents to stay outside the roads.

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has a preventive state of emergency in Kentucky, where sudden floods were expected on Sunday. Sudden floods have affected a few roads in green bowling and certain parts of western Kentucky could face 8 inches (20.3 centimeters) of rain.

“We want to specifically put assets in places that flood and flooded in the past,” said Beshear on social networks.

Beshear then used social media to update residents on flooding areas, including Jackson County, and said that Kentucky state police were doing well-being checks while The shelters opened in the Pike County and the Jenny Wiley State Station Park in Prestinsburg.

Beshear said in a position on Saturday evening that he had written to the White House requesting a declaration of emergency disaster and federal funds for affected areas.

Kentucky River Medical Center, in the city of Jackson, said it had closed its emergency service and transferred 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. The northern fork of the Kentucky river was to creak at almost 14 feet (4.3 meters) above the flood stadium that afternoon, the weather service said.

Photos published by authorities and residents on social networks have shown cars and buildings underwater in the South Center and East Kentucky. In Buchanan County, Virginia, the Sheriff’s Office said that several roads were blocked by mudslides.

The Simpson County Emergency Management Office in Kentucky said the authorities were carrying out several rescue of blocked vehicles in flood waters.

“Stay at home if you can,” said the office on Facebook.

New England faces the snow, then at the Grazil

Meanwhile, heavy snow was to covered a large part of New England, then go to Grésil, making travel almost impossible. The heaviest accumulations, perhaps one foot (30.5 centimeters) or more, were expected in the north of New York and parts of northern New England.

“Accumulations of ice up to a quarter of a thumb is provided for certain areas, making driving conditions dangerous. Heavy frosting in certain places can cause trees and outsourced currents, “warned the meteorological service.

Arctic snow and temperatures have swept away a large part of the midwest and the upper plains, covering the roads of eastern Nebraska, northern Iowa and a large part of Wisconsin. Winter weather opinions have been issued for parts of these states and Michigan, with up to 4 inches (10.6 centimeters) of predicted snow throughout Iowa, southern Wisconsin and most Michigan on Sunday evening.

Icy polar vortex

Meteorologists said the United States was about to get their 10th and the coldest event of polar whirlwind This season, with the northern rocks and the northern plains online. Arctic weather forces combine to push cold air which generally remains near the North Pole in the United States and Europe.

In Denver, where temperatures had to drop up to 14 degrees (minus 10 degrees Celsius) during the weekend, the city opened shelters for those who live in the streets.

California fights with mudslides

Dry weather has returned to southern California after The strongest storm of the year. But the risk of rock and shifts on Marked controls of forest fires continued because Dangerous slides can strike Even after the rain stops, especially in areas where the vegetation that helps keep the ground anchored has burned.

Water, debris and rocks rushed to the mountain in the city of Sierra Madre Thursday evening, trapping at least one car in the mud and damaging several garages at home with mud and debris. The bulldozers cleaned the streets covered with mud in the city of 10,000 inhabitants.

A storm in Sierra Nevada threw 6 feet (1.8 meters) of snow over 36 hours. Friday morning, two workers from the gigantic mountain ski patrol were taken in an avalanche during an avalanche attenuation work, the complex said in an article on Facebook. One was extracted and was reactive, while the other was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.