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'Multi-hazard, life-threatening weather' for 100M people unfolds across the heartlands: At least 300K are without power as dust storm barrels through Kansas, 107MPH winds topple trailers in Colorado and tornadoes touch ground in six other states
| Yesterday we had feet of snow, today its dust. |
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] - Blinding dust storm moving at hurricane force winds of 90mph has blanketed half of Kansas
- The winds were so powerful that they knocked down tractor trailers and caused destruction in Colorado
- They also sparked fires throughout Oklahoma, with reports of tornadoes in Iowa and Nebraska
- A severe weather alert was in place for 100 million people in states throughout the Midwest and Great Plains, with the National Weather Service calling it a 'historical weather day'
- It came amid some record high temperatures, just days after dozens of powerful tornadoes swept through the area, flattening homes and businesses
Posted by: Skidmark 2021-12-16 |
