Tornadoes died 9 people in central America

A terrible storm with many tornadoes swept through the center of the United States, killing at least 9 people and threatening to continue to harm when poured into the east on February 29.

The town of Harrisburg, Illinois, was devastated even more when the tornado came until people were still sleeping around 4:30 am on February 29 local time.

Many houses and vehicles were swept straight into the lake by a tornado, many old trees were uprooted, a wall at the local hospital collapsed.

In this 9,000-resident town in southern Illinois alone, 6 people died and more than 100 were injured.

The tornado travels up to 270km / h, damaging or destroying about 300 houses and 25 businesses.

The tornado swept across central America, killing nine people

"A lot of houses were not as original as the original shape, just like the war was devastated , " local fire department chief Bill Summers told AFP.

Rescue workers had to dig up the wreckage to find survivors, but Summers said that as of late afternoon, the number of missing people was still unknown.

Mayor Harrisburg Eric Gregg also described the losses that were terrible and called for help to those who were injured and lost their homes. Many people now have to take shelter in First Baptist Church.

The National Meteorological Agency said it had received 22 tornado reports in six states since the storm began to erupt on February 28, beginning to form from Nebraska and Kansas, then moving east in the morning. to the states of Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky.

The big storm forecast will also affect Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee before falling to the east coast of the United States.

Illinois governor Pat Quinn must now have issued a state of emergency and will personally go to Harrisburg to inspect the situation.

In 2011, the United States had 545 people killed by tornadoes, during the worst rainy and storm season since 1936 and damaged the third row according to recorded history.

On April 27, 2011 alone, 314 people died in five states, and on May 22, when the cyclone passed through Joplin, Missouri, there were 159 people in this town killed.