At least 42 people have been killed after a powerful storm swept through the Midwest and South over the weekend, drenching the northeastern section.
I woke up Monday morning due to damages from dust storms, wildfires, rain and tornadoes following reports of nearly 1,500 storms nationwide from Friday through Sunday.
Two children died in Transylvania County, North Carolina after a tree fell into the centre of a family trailer early Sunday. Firefighters said the 11- and 13-year-olds were “confined directly under trees and other debris,” Connectees Fire Rescue said in a news release. Three other families lived in the house and fled unharmed.
“I am heartbroken to learn that two children were killed over the weekend due to bad weather. May their memories be blessed,” North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein wrote to X on Monday.
Overall, three deaths were reported in Alabama, three in Arkansas, 12 in Missouri, four in Oklahoma, eight in Kansas, six in Mississippi, two in North Carolina and four in Texas.
Over the weekend, twisters in seven states – Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana – uprooted trees, ripped homes and businesses, and lowered power lines.
“I’m holding my wife in my chest, I’m just watching everything go away and everything pull away from me,” William Schultz of Tylertown, Mississippi, told NBC News’ Cathy Park. “I’m grateful to be alive. The important thing is that me and my family are safe.”
The EF-2 Tornado threw a yellow school bus on the roof of Winterboro High School in Talladega County, Alabama on Saturday.
The National Weather Service office in Jackson, Mississippi, reported at least eight confirmed tornadoes were confirmed in the state from Friday through Saturday.
The National Weather Service Office in Atlanta reported an EF-1 tornado landed in Paulding County late Saturday, with the largest winds reaching 110 mph. It landed west of Sudie and continued northeasterly through the Dallas and New Hope regions over 11 miles. The Weather Services Office in Birmingham, Alabama has reported 16 areas suspected of being damaged by a tornado, including the EF-3 tornado in Dallas County.
The strongest confirmed twister was the strong EF-4, which reported winds of 190 mph in Jackson County, Arkansas.
Chilton County, Alabama, Ralph, Rebecca Mimus and his family survived the EF-3 Tornado on Saturday. The Twister picked up their mobile home from its foundations, keeping their feet on and the family survived hiding in a homemade shelter on the ground.
“If we were in that house, we wouldn’t be here today,” Ralph Mims told NBC Affiliate WVTM in Birmingham, saying that all 15 members of the family were able to ride the storm safely.
More than 120,000 customers were not supplying electricity Monday morning, according to Poweroutage.us. There were more than 56,000 in Pennsylvania, more than 25,000 in Missouri, more than 23,000 in New York, more than 8,000 in West Virginia and more than 7,800 in North Carolina.
The wildfires also raged throughout Texas and Oklahoma, killing at least four people. In Kansas, Duststorms stacked up mountains of highways, killing at least eight people.
As the system moved east, the storm lost joy. Pushing the US away will cause more rain, including those that are isolated over three inches in some parts of the Northeast.
Flood clocks are in effect in upstate New York and northern New England, where heavy rain and snowmelt can cause isolated flooding. The heaviest rain ends at the start of St. Patrick’s Day parade in New York City, but the shower could remain in the afternoon.
Heavy rain will travel from New England by Monday evening.
On Monday, 8 million people in the western United States were warned of winter storms, but the effects of the storm are less severe than last weekend’s effects.
The heavy snow and heavy 60-mile wind farm is expected to cover Sierra Nevada on Monday. Snow also falls across the plains and onto the Upper Peninsula in Michigan on Tuesday.
NBC News ‘Al Roker said conditions will be “bone dry” in the central part of the country, creating a serious risk of a fire from Denver to San Angelo, Texas and from the east to Oklahoma City.
On Monday, 42 million people were receiving fire warnings in the Great Plains and the Florida Peninsula.
The low-pressure system moved east to the central plain on Tuesday, gusts of winds pose an extreme risk of fire hazards.
