Severe storms ravaged the South and Midwest on Friday, killing at least 10 people. Falling trees killed three people in Alabama, two in Tennessee and one in Mississippi, while an Arkansas man drowned after driving through high floodwaters.
Three others died in Kentucky in three different counties as storms with straight-line winds moved through the state. Winds reached peak gusts of 80 mph, and a state-wide state of emergency was declared Friday after the National Weather Service in Louisville called the storm “powerful and historic”.
More than a million utility customers in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Michigan were without power Friday evening, according to poweroutage.us.
The FOX Forecast Center predicted that the severe weather would push from the southeast toward the west Friday, bringing tornadoes, damaging wind gusts, and cold fronts.
Tennessee, Alabama, South Carolina, and North Carolina were predicted to bear the brunt of the storm. The northwest is expected to face similar severe conditions as the storms continue to move.
Over 13,000 Texas utility customers were still without power Friday after tornadoes ripped through sections of the state.
Winds ripped off the roof of a grocery store, an apartment building, and overturned four 18-wheelers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Docks and boats were damaged at Lake Lewisville marina in Texas.
The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for New England, where a storm could blanket parts of New Hampshire and Maine with 18 inches of snow.
Airports, like Portland Jetport in Maine, have already canceled all flights for Saturday in preparation for the tremendous conditions.
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