Shatiya Hardin, meanwhile, said the situation has been “absolutely horrible”. “At night we’re sweating, we’re irritable, we have children to look out for, elderly people who need electricity for oxygen tanks,” she told the BBC’s US partner CBS. “It’s not OK for us to continually be in survival mode.” Amid mounting frustration, local residents have
COLUMBUS, Ohio — First responders rescued more people from floodwaters Wednesday as utility crews cleared trees and wires downed by severe storms in the Midwest that unleashed tornadoes, heavy rains and flash flooding, leaving hundreds of thousands of customers without electricity. A 4-year-old boy was killed when a tree fell on a home in Geneva,
CHICAGO — Severe weather cut power Tuesday in the Chicago area and northwestern Indiana as perilous storms pummeled the region, darkening the sky and carrying extreme wind gusts across state lines. Tornado warning sirens blared in Illinois and Indiana, and all flights were stopped by late morning at Chicago’s two major airports. There were numerous
PHILADELPHIA — Residents in some Philadelphia neighborhoods and surrounding counties were cleaning up widespread damage Sunday caused by a series of short, severe storms that passed through. The storms, called microbursts, lasted into Saturday afternoon, downing trees and power lines, flooding a handful of streets and causing structural damage. A building that collapsed in a