【大紀元2024年05月23日訊】(大紀元記者張雨霏編譯報導)週二(5月21日)下午,美國愛荷華州格林菲爾德鎮遭到一系列龍捲風的襲擊,鎮上許多房屋和建築物被夷為平地,目前已知5人不幸罹難、數十人受傷,救援人員正在受災地區開展搜救工作。
根據美國國家氣象局的消息,過去24小時內,美國中西部的愛荷華州、內布拉斯加州、密蘇里州、俄克拉荷馬州、威斯康星州以及明尼蘇達州遭到至少26場龍捲風的猛烈襲擊,其中大多數(至少21場)發生在愛荷華州。
愛荷華州公共安全部週三(22日)晚間宣布,龍捲風重創了位於阿代爾縣的格林菲爾德鎮(Greenfield),目前已造成至少5人喪生,至少35人受傷,由於當地醫院在龍捲風中遭到嚴重損毀,至少有14名傷者已被轉送至鄰縣醫院。
愛荷華州州長金‧雷諾茲(Kim Reynolds)已宣布州內包括阿代爾縣和亞當斯縣在內的15個縣進入「災難緊急狀態」,並於週三視察了受災嚴重的格林菲爾德鎮,「與當地官員一起評估災害損失並協商災後重建工作」。
美國國家氣象局預計該颶風系統還將持續到週四(23日),會給美國中部大部分地區和南部部分地區(從南達科他州到德克薩斯州,再到田納西州東部)帶來更多惡劣天氣。
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