Typhoons devastated the United States, killing 159 people

The storm and tornadoes attacked four states in the southern United States yesterday that destroyed homes and claimed the lives of at least 159 people, the heaviest being Alabama.

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A group of Americans looked at tornadoes caused by tornadoes in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on April 27. Photo: AP.

According to AP, cyclones and cyclones swept across Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Tennessee on April 27, with Alabama alone killing 128 people. The worst-hit state in this state is Tuscaloosa, where traffic is chaotic because of trees and electricity poles, while telecommunications services are disrupted.

Meanwhile, governors of the three states of Mississippi, Georgia and Tennessee issued a state of emergency in their state, while US President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency in Alabama with the aid of federal aid.

Big tree poured into a house in Knoxville, Tennessee. Photo: AP.

In the city of Huntsville, Alabama, meteorologists from the National Weather Forecasting Agency evacuate after discovering their workplaces are on the path of the tornado. Traffic obstacles on roads and highways in Mississippi and Alabama state hinder rescue efforts.

Emily Crawford, a student at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, told The New York Times that she was about to take the semester exam when the tornado came. After the exam she had to stay at school until midnight with many other students. The students said that the devastation of the storm was more terrible than the hurricane Katrina in 2005.

' The scenes I witnessed are incredible. People ran to the university because they had no place to hide. The school dispatched buses into the city to bring students back to school and provide safe shelter for them , 'Ms. Crawford said.

Chris Osborne, a spokesperson for the Red Cross in Birmingham, Alabama, told CNN that the number of ambulances on the street ' equated to the number of cabs in New York City '.

This is just one of a series of storms hitting the southern United States this week. Officials reported storms that caused heavy rain and flooded a large area stretching from Texas to Georgia.

Tom Bradshaw, a meteorologist at the US National Weather Service, said the storm moved at about 216 km / h. At that rate, storms destroy mobile homes easily. Rainfall in northern Arkansas is up to 50 cm in the last four days.

Henry Nguyen, another witness, said he was working with his father in the supermarket in Pratt, Alabama, when the tornado appeared at the front door. Nguyen quickly found a hiding place. When he stood up, he noticed the whirl about 50 meters from the store.

' Many houses disappeared after the tornado passed. It's so scrary. Even a gas station on the road was destroyed , 'he said.

The storms raged in many states in the southern United States in the past few weeks. Earlier this week they killed 11 Americans with 30 states affected by the storms.