Chaos on the US west coast: Tornado and tidal waves devastate California!

Chaos on the US west coast: Tornado and tidal waves devastate California!

Santa Cruz, Kalifornien, USA - violent winter storms and a tornado have driven people to despair in California. Along the US west coast, especially in the region around San Francisco, the national weather service warned of "dangerous and life-threatening" conditions. The streets are flooded and the surf on the beaches is so high that intact parts of a pier broke off in Santa Cruz while three people were on it. Fortunately, two of them were saved and the third could free themselves without being seriously injured, as the Volksblatt reported.

But nature had more in the shield that day. A tornado swept across the small town of Scotts Valley near Santa Cruz on Saturday morning and devastated everything on his train. Vehicles were overturned, trees fell and power lines were cut. The tornado was classified as such due to video recordings and eyewitness reports by the national weather service, which triggered a tornado warning for parts of San Francisco and the surrounding counties. This warning contributed to bringing residents to safety before the storm continued with wind speeds of up to 100 km/h, so Watson .

The effects are enormous: over 170,000 households in California are affected by power outages, with more than 13,000 customers without electricity in San Francisco alone. The weather authorities continue to warn of possible floods and further danger through unstable weather conditions, while people try to recover from the forces of nature and to be prepared for the upcoming challenges.