Flood and rain caused havoc after the storm, thousands of houses submerged, more than 20 deaths
America is surrounded by natural disasters these days. After the snow cyclonic storm, now floods and rains have created havoc.
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America is surrounded by natural disasters these days. After the snow cyclonic storm, now floods and rains have created havoc. So far more than 20 people have died. This effect of flood, rain and storm is being seen in the American state of California. So far, more than 70 thousand people have been evacuated from the affected areas to safer places. The situation has become so bad that President Biden has declared it a disaster.
Meteorologists say that the situation will worsen in the coming days. People are facing a lot of trouble due to snow storms, floods and rains. Houses in lakhs have been submerged. Roads have also been broken at many places.
The governor said - The city was flooded in 15 days
California Governor Gavin Newsom told US News that within the last 15 days, 22 to 25 trillion gallons of rain has been received in California. Due to this, 80 percent of the state has been submerged. Connectivity of electricity, clean water in the houses has been affected. Roads and bridges have also been broken at many places. People are being rescued and taken to a safe place. So far more than 70 thousand people have been rescued. Apart from this, another 75 thousand people have been asked to reach a safe place.
Roads, bridges, highways flowing in water
Due to heavy rains, many highways, roads and bridges in California have been destroyed by flowing water. Many houses have also been damaged. Due to heavy rains, storms and floods, a loss of more than two lakh crore rupees has been feared so far. According to US News, businesses and industries in California have also been shut down due to the storm. Due to this, there has been a loss of lakhs of crores of rupees.
One of the biggest storms in history, it is being described as one of the biggest storms ever to hit California. Prior to this, in 1861, there was a tremendous flood in California. According to media reports, more than one thousand people died in that flood which lasted for 43 days.
Eight storms caused devastation in a month According to US news, eight storms have hit the California city within the last one month. The reason for the arrival of this storm is being told as Atmospheric reverse. It contains more water in the area of less width. They flow in the sky just as rivers flow on earth. Their position keeps changing with the seasons. With their arrival, it rains heavily and storms start coming.