At least 200 dead since the beginning of the wave of bad weather (but the number is expected to rise in all likelihood). Five states-Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia - forced to count the dead and declare a state of emergency. It 'a disaster of vast proportions that has engulfed the southern United States.
"The death toll is expected to grow," says Robert Bentley, governor of Alabama, the state hardest hit. The television images reminiscent of roofless houses, shops gutted, people trapped under the rubble, prepared makeshift shelters in churches and gymnasiums. The Browns Ferry nuclear power plant, one of the largest in the world, on the banks of the Tennessee River, remained without electricity and working with emergency generators.
"The death toll is expected to grow," says Robert Bentley, governor of Alabama, the state hardest hit. The television images reminiscent of roofless houses, shops gutted, people trapped under the rubble, prepared makeshift shelters in churches and gymnasiums. The Browns Ferry nuclear power plant, one of the largest in the world, on the banks of the Tennessee River, remained without electricity and working with emergency generators.
