America: one day, 75 tornadoes

While the consequences of the tornadoes in southern Kansas have not ended, a series of new tornadoes continues to sweep at least six counties in central America.

States like Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Iowa all issued warnings about more than a dozen tornados. According to the US National Meteorological Administration, within 24 hours from May 5 to 6, there are about 75 tornadoes sweeping through central America, in which 50 tornadoes attack the ground.

Meanwhile, rescuers continue to search for cyclone survivors in the town of Greensburg (Kansas state) on May 5. The cyclone had a diameter of about 1.6 km and winds of 265km / hour destroyed almost entirely this town of 1,500 people, causing at least 11 people to be killed and dozens of others injured.

Kansas State Senator Pat Roberts, after observing the area, admitted: 'It can be said that this area has been completely swept away from the ground'. "The whirlwind is smaller than the 2005 hurricane Katrina in terms of . but the level of destruction is similar," said a spokesman for the Federal Emergency Service Crystal Payton .

Rescue team looking for survivors in town
Greensburg on 6-5 (Photo: Reuters)

US President George Bush has declared part of Kansas State area a disaster area and pledged that the federal government will provide aid to rebuild the area. There was a foul situation here after the police arrested seven suspects in the affected area.

An average of 70 people die each year in the cyclone season that lasts from March to early July. The worst storm occurred in two days in April 1974 when 148 tornadoes destroyed 13 US states, causing 307 deaths. The most horrifying disaster occurred in March 1925, killing 689 people when the tornado swept from Missouri through southern Illinois into Indiana.

THANH TUAN