In North Carolina, one tornado killed at least two people as it eviscerated a rural patch of roughly a dozen mobile homes, leaving only two standing. “The rest of them is pretty much gone,” Bertie County Sheriff John Holley told a local television station. “It’s sad and it’s hard.”Officials throughout the storm’s path declared states of emergency and urged residents to stay out of harm’s way, underscoring the multitude of perils lingering in the storm’s wake. At least one other person was killed under similar circumstances in Queens, officials said, after the storm swept into New York City. Tropical storm warnings reached as far up the Atlantic Coast as Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, and a tornado watch was in effect throughout the day for New York City, Long Island, much of New Jersey and parts of Connecticut.

Source: bd News24 August 05, 2020 03:11 UTC