Tuesday, 24 May 2011

Casualties and economic damage left by Hurricane Missouri


Immediate residents of the state of Missouri a major hurricane destroyed the entire city Jolpin, and killed more than 160 people. The tornado hit about 46 in the past two days, seven states in central and northern United States, according to the National Center for the weather.



The storm, which hit Joplin is the worst and most destructive witnessed by America since the hurricane and Worcester (Massachusetts, North East) in June 1953 killed 90 people, and President Barack Obama from the plane that carried him to Europe «sincere condolences» to the families of victims, stressing the readiness of the federal government to assist the victims.

 
Was declared the governor of Missouri Jay Nixon's state of emergency in the state after the killing of 30 people due to a powerful hurricane swept through the town of Joplin on Sunday and called for Nixon's National Guard to support local emergency services and the mobilization of state agencies, other assistance, he said, "We have caused these storms of mass destruction in various parts of Missouri, and continues to pose a threat to life and property.


The authorities began in the processing center for temporary accommodation at the University of "Mezoui Sotern Universiti" in Joplin to receive people who have lost their homes, and hit the hurricane was the worst for nearly a century the southeastern United States in early May, killing 354 people and severe damage.

The cyclone is a storm wind rotary spiral violent, usually arise over tropical seas, and therefore known as typhoons or tropical or cyclones because the cold air (a high pressure) where there is around the center of inhabitants of warm air (a low-pressure), and then fling these Storm in the direction of land deprives the velocities of friction with the Earth's surface, but still moving at speeds of up to more than 300 kilometers per hour. The diameter of the vortex per 500 kilometers, and may continue for several days to two weeks in a row. And accompanied by that all the clouds Layering and cumulus to the high of 15 kilometers and is moving hurricane in straight lines or curved which makes her enormous devastation on the land because of the speed of the big flash, and accompany heavy rain and flooding, in addition to the phenomena of lightning and thunder, as it may cause a hurricane in the high waves sailing and destroys villages and cities

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