LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Many in the United States faced another round of winter weather on Sunday, with heavy rain causing heavy flooding in Kentucky, killing at least two people. The Northern Plain faced a life-threatening cold, with tornado clocks issued in parts of Georgia and Florida.
A 73-year-old man was found dead in a flood in Clay County. WKYT-TV reported. Rebel Berry, the Clay County Deputy Director of Emergency Management, confirmed the fatality but did not provide additional details.
The National Weather Service said a severe storm has been wiped out in parts of Florida and Georgia where tornado clocks are in effect.
Elsewhere, cold bones are expected in the cold North Plains to Negative F in the 30s near the Canadian border. A dangerous cold wind chill between 40 Fahrenheit (minus 40 Celsius) and 50 F (minus 45.6 C) is expected.
Heavy snow was expected in parts of New England and upstate New York. In some areas, gusts of winds could reach 60 mph (about 97 kph), creating “dangerous whiteout conditions,” the NWS said.
Kentucky is facing serious flooding
The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife said there was a death investigation and rescue operations are ongoing in Hart County. Wnky-TV reported. The station reported a young man died and a second casualty was missing in the floods on Saturday evening.
The Fish and Wildlife Department and the Hart County Sheriff's Office did not immediately respond to requests for further information from the Associated Press.
Cars, buildings and landslides that flooded Kentucky blocked Virginia's roads. Both states were flood warnings along with Tennessee and Arkansas. The National Weather Service warned residents to stay away from the road.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Besher preemptively declared the emergency in Kentucky on Sunday, when flash floods were expected. Flash floods will hit several roads on bowling greens, and parts of Western Kentucky could face up to 8 inches (20.3 cm) of rain.
“We want to specifically place assets in places where floods and flooding have been in the past,” Beshear said on social media.
Besher later used social media to update residents in flood-risk areas, including Jackson County, and shelters were forced to take part in Pike County and Prestons while Kentucky police officers were doing wellness checks. They said it is open at Jenny Wiley County Resort Park in Berg.
In a post late Saturday, Beshear said he wrote to the White House calling for emergency disaster declarations and federal funds for affected areas.
Jackson's Kentucky River Medical Center said it has closed its emergency department and has moved all patients to two other hospitals in the area. The hospital said it would reevaluate the conditions on Sunday morning to determine when it could safely reopen. The North Fork on the Kentucky River had climbed that afternoon to the summit of nearly 14 feet (4.3 meters) of the flood stage, the weather department said.
Photos posted by authorities and residents on social media show underwater cars and buildings in the southwest and eastern Kentucky. In Buchanan County, Virginia, the sheriff's office said multiple roads were blocked by landslides.
Kentucky's Simpson County Emergency Management Department said authorities have provided several rescues from stagnant vehicles in the flood.
“I'll stay home if possible,” the office said on Facebook.
New England faces snow and then sleet
Meanwhile, heavy snowfall has covered much of New England and is expected to move on to sleet afterwards, making travel nearly impossible. In the upstate New York and parts of northern New England, the heaviest accumulation, perhaps more than a foot (30.5 cm).
“In some areas, ice buildup is expected to be up to a quarter inch of ice, making operating conditions dangerous. Heavy icing in some locations can lead to fallen trees and power outages. There is,” the weather department warned.
Snow and Arctic temperatures swept through most of the Midwest and Upper Plains, covering roads in eastern Nebraska, Iowa and Wisconsin. Winter weather advisories have been issued for these states and parts of Michigan, with up to 4 inches (10.6 centimeters) of snow forecast in Iowa, southern Wisconsin and most of Michigan.
The extreme cold vortex
Meteorologists said the US was trying to get it 10th polar stretch event The Northern Rockies and Northern Plains line up first this season. Arctic weather forces combine to push the cold air that normally stays near the Arctic into the United States and Europe.
In Denver, temperatures were expected to drop to 14 degrees (10 degrees Celsius minus) over the weekend, so the city opened shelters for people living on the streets.
California is suffering from landslides
The dry weather then returned to Southern California. The strongest storm of the year. However, the risk of rocks and landslides A hillside covered with wildfires It continued Dangerous slides can be hit Even after the rain has stopped, especially in areas where vegetation is burning out, which helps to moor the soil.
Water, debris and rocks ran down the mountains of Sierra Madre on Thursday night, locking at least one car in the mud and damaging several household garages with mud and debris. The bulldozers cleaned the mud-covered streets of the city of 10,000 people.
The Sierra Nevada storm dumped 6 feet (1.8 meters) of snow for 36 hours. In a Facebook post, the resort said two Mammoth Mountain Ski Patrol workers were caught in an avalanche during avalanche mitigation work. One was extracted, responsive, the other was taken to a hospital where he was seriously injured.
