65 Tornadoes touch down across six U.S. states by Steph Ball
A massive Spring storm has been affecting the mid-west of the U.S over the last few days, from the Rockies to the Plains, triggering an outbreak of tornadoes.
Last weekend up to 16 separate tornadoes were reported across parts of New Mexico and along the Texas border. As the stormy weather continued through the rest of this week, further tornadoes were spawned with as many as 65 being reported across six states, through Wednesday and into Thursday.
A resident from Colorado described one of the tornadoes being as wide as two football pitches. As well as damaging winds, large hail accompanied the storms, some as large as golf balls, even baseball size. The tornadoes left a path of destruction, tearing up trees and power lines and flattening homes, with four people reported dead.
The storm developed on the “dry line” across the Plains, a boundary between warm moist air coming up from the Gulf of Mexico and meeting with drier, colder air from the northwest.
This same storm system dumped heavy snow on Wyoming. By Thursday morning, as much as 1473mm (58 inches) had fallen in the Wind River Mountains.
While tornado watches have been dropped today, there is still the risk of severe thunderstorms and flash flooding, more especially across parts of Texas.
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