40 trillion gallons of water fell in America due to cyclone Helen, 6 crore swimming pools will be filled, 100 deaths so far
Hurricane Helen has taken a monstrous form in the South-Eastern US, there is devastation everywhere. Vehicles parked on the roads and houses are floating in the water. This storm has brought so much rain that it can fill the Dallas Cowboys stadium 51,000 times or 6 crore Olympic size swimming pools.
This amount of rain and destruction is shocking the experts. So far more than 100 people have been reported dead due to the destruction caused by this rain, police say that this number can increase to 600. According to reports, this amount of rain is enough to fill Lake Tahoe. This rain can fill North Carolina of America up to 3.5 feet.
Hurricane Helen has caused such devastation in South-East America that there is no place left in the region where water is not visible. Help for the stranded people is being provided through air routes. Chief of National Ocean Air Administration (NOAA) Andrew Clark said that this rain is more than expected, while private meteorologist Ryan Maye said that this is a lot of rain, which can be estimated from the fact that 20 trillion gallons of water has fallen only on Georgia, Tennessee, Carolina and Florida.
The horrific situation in Asheville, North Carolina, worsened due to the storm when the electricity and mobile services of the area were disrupted. Officials said that the roads were closed after the rain and landslides and they were using air routes to deliver water, food and other supplies to the affected people.