A storm in the U.S. causes high winds and snow in the Midwest
State of the State: Hurricanes, Flooding, and Tropical Storms in a Florida State of Emergency during a Wednesday State of State Address
Heavy rains, flooding and even some tornadoes were experienced by the South, while people in the Northeast went through significant precipitation, destructive winds and floods.
A Houston County coroner said that an 81-year-old woman was killed near Cottonwood, a small city in Alabama near the Georgia and Florida borders. A suspected tornado made its way through the area.
There were storm-related injuries in Florida, but no deaths. A section of Panama City Beach showed parts of roofs blown away, furniture, fences and debris strewn about and a house that appeared tilted on side, leaning on another home.
In Panama City, residents were asked to stay inside and off the roads if necessary as police checked on the damage from the storms.
The National Weather Service is going to send out tornado survey teams on Thursday and Wednesday. Teams are going to look at tornado damage in three Florida counties. The two teams on Thursday will assess damage in Houston County, Ala., and Calhoun County, Ga.
The department urged people to stay home, posting photos of a damaged apartment complex and marina. Large pieces of building materials are strewn across the Florida Panhandle after a power line fell on a road and damaged a gas station. There are photos of a campground and RV park that were posted in Jackson County.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who gave his State of the State address Tuesday as tornado warnings were active outside the Capitol, issued an executive order to include 49 counties in North Florida under a state of emergency from tornadoes.
“Every government building except this one is closed in Tallahassee because of the weather,” DeSantis said at the start of the speech. When things happen in Florida, we just respond. We’ll handle whatever fallout is from these dangerous tornadoes.”
Heavy rain across Georgia stopped air traffic at Atlanta’s busy airport for a time Tuesday morning and caused flash flooding, blocking some lanes on freeways around Atlanta during the morning commute. More than 80 public school systems across Georgia called off classes entirely while others taught students online or delayed the start of in-person classes.
Snow, rain and wind poured into a mobile home park in Claremont, North Carolina, Tuesday morning after a plow hit the vehicle
One person died and two other people were in critical condition after a suspected tornado struck a mobile home park in the town of Claremont, which is north of Charlotte. The county has also been dealing with downed trees and flooding.
Lifting the weight and size limits on large and heavy trucks that had emergency supplies or agricultural goods would not be an issue if Roy Cooper had declared a state of emergency. Some schools were closed early.
From the Midwest, the storm was expected to hit the Northeast by Tuesday night, bringing a mix of snow, rain and wind to the region as well as concern about flooding in parts of New England that got over a foot of snow Sunday.
In Des Moines, Iowa, Laura Burianov had nearly finished shoveling her driveway Tuesday morning. She acknowledged she would have to shovel again later in the day with snow still falling.
Matt Stilwell’s street in Des Moines was still buried with more than six inches of snow, despite the fact that a plow had not come through. But he had nearly cleared off his driveway and sidewalk.
A fatal crash in southeastern Wisconsin resulted from poor road conditions, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff. The SUV driver was killed in the head on collision with the semitrailer on state Highway 18. The driver of the truck was not hurt. The drivers were the lone occupants of the vehicles.
The sheriff’s captain. Travis Maze said in a telephone interview that layers of slush and snow covered the center and fog lines on the highway. The National Weather Service said light snow was falling at the time with winds gusting up to 26 mph.
In parts of Arizona, a cold front brought below-freezing temperatures early Tuesday, with the National Weather Service reporting a minus-17 reading at the Snow Bowl in northern Arizona. In northeastern New Mexico, the state Department of Transportation said snow plows spent hours Monday afternoon clearing U.S. Highway 56 to free more than 25 stranded vehicles.
New York City Mayor Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency and a sprawling storm in the U.S.spawns high winds and snow in the Midwest
Ahead of the rains and wind expected on Tuesday, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency.
In New York, city officials began the task of cleaning up a large group of migrants who had been housed at a tent complex. An aide to New York City Mayor Eric pointed out the expected wind speeds.
There was an empty tractor trailer on the state Thruway in New York that blew over, temporarily stopping all traffic in the area. The state banned empty trucks and trailers.
National Grid has crews and personnel ready to respond to any power cuts in Massachusetts due to windy conditions and heavy rains.
The White House press secretary said storms were a threat across the country. “We are closely monitoring the weather, and we encourage all Americans to do the same,” she said.
The weather has already affected campaigning for Iowa’s Jan. 15 precinct caucuses, where the snow is expected to be followed by frigid temperatures that could drift below zero degrees.
It forced former President Donald Trump’s campaign to cancel multiple appearances by Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders and her father, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who had been scheduled to court Iowa voters on Trump’s behalf Monday.
New York City Mayor Kathy Hochul (D-NUT) explains how heavy rain, tornadoes and snow have caused so many deaths in the South and Northeast
In Nebraska, a long stretch of I 80 was closed because of whiteout conditions and in Kansas, there was a large section of I 70 closed because of dangerous travel conditions. Vehicles slid off of the interstate in the northeastern part of the state.
People across parts of the South and Northeast are recovering from massive, destructive storms that caused several fatalities, knocked out power to tens of thousands of customers and snarled travel Tuesday and Wednesday.
Heavy rains and strong winds made some roadways impassable and cut power to thousands of New Yorkers from the New York City metro area to Rochester and other residents in the western part of the state.
Kathy Hochul was the governor of New York. Utility crews are working to restore power as soon as possible.
Parts of the Mid-Atlantic saw more than two inches of precipitation while parts of northern New Jersey, New York and Connecticut got more than four inches of rain.
The area near Orangeburg, South Carolina, experienced maximum wind gusts of 59 miles per hour, and at least two tornadoes were reported in the state. A main street in downtown Bamberg was left strewn with debris after a tornado.
Several roads across Vermont were closed Wednesday morning due to downed trees and power lines, and a flood watch was in effect for all of Connecticut through Wednesday afternoon.
The National Weather Service said Wednesday morning that even though much of the rain was on its way out of the area, the threat of flooding would persist through early Thursday for parts of the Mid-Atlantic.
There is a chance of more severe weather starting on Friday for the South and Mid-Atlantic, according to the NWS. A large, low-pressure system will develop over the Southern Plains by the end of the week.
“The initial set-up for this next event is quite similar to the ongoing event that is now concluding over the Eastern U.S.,” the NWS said, adding that “the main difference is a greater supply of arctic air northwest of the low track.”
The Iowa Department of Transportation said the winter storm over the past few days had caused “many” car crashes, and another one to three inches of snow were on the way for parts of the state Wednesday afternoon and evening.
