From the evening of December 10th to the early morning of the 11th local time, severe weather such as tornadoes swept through many states in the central and southern United States, including Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee, with about 30 tornadoes. Severe weather caused power outages in more than 330,000 households, and more than 25 million Americans faced serious threats (live:Baidu）。

Due to the tornado, the Amazon warehouse (STL6) in Edwardsville, Illinois collapsed. A wall the length of a football field and the roof of the warehouse collapsed, leaving a place in ruins; 100 trucks originally parked outside the warehouse were completely destroyed For nothing.

At least six Amazon employees were killed in the tornado. It is reported that there are as many as 50 to 100 employees in the warehouse, and dozens of workers are trapped. The employees who escaped from the danger stated that they could not get in touch with the people trapped in the warehouse because the trapped people could not carry their mobile phones while working.

How strong is this tornado? According to reports, these walls of the warehouse were made of 11 inches (approximately 27.94 cm) thick concrete. They were about 40 feet (approximately 12.2 meters) high. They were directly destroyed and the buildings that fell were very heavy. “Whiteford said the victims were found in two places, and rescuers have not finished the search. He said that the fire department encountered a variety of emergencies when rushing to the scene, including sudden power outages, natural gas leaks and bursting water pipes.

According to the official explanation, the walls on both sides of the Amazon warehouse “collapsed inward” after being hit by a tornado, and the roof of the building collapsed downward. Therefore, most of the weight of the building fell in the center of the warehouse. “

At present, the tornado system is moving to the eastern United States, and more areas are facing extreme weather effects. American meteorologists said that as the storm system moves eastward, northern Louisiana to southern Ohio will be affected, and there may be more severe weather in the future.

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