Natural Hazards Monitoring - 10 January 2024

Severe weather

United States of America

On 10 January 2023, the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provided information on the severe weather in the East Coast of the United States. According to the information, a total of 25 tornado touchdowns were reported in the East Coast Region between 8 and 9 January. A total of 3 deaths were reported in the states of Massachusetts, Alabama, and Georgia (n=1 each). In the state of Florida, the emergency operations center (EOC) was fully activated, and the state of emergency was declared. A State of Emergency has been declared in Florida, North Carolina, New Jersey, and New York states. Additionally, power outages have been reported in New York (n=113,533 users affected) followed by Pennsylvania (n=72,866), New Jersey (n=44,300) Michigan (n=28,376), and Vermont (n=24,877). The reports are available from: FEMA and Power outage