With strong winds and heavy rain wreaking havoc from the mid-Atlantic to the South, a major winter storm killed at least seven people and left almost half a million energy customers without power Monday morning.
According to officials, there were four fatalities in Michigan, two in Indiana, and one in Oklahoma. The house in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, was torn from its roof by an EF-2 tornado on Monday, but no one was hurt.
According to the National Weather Service, until Monday night, a region spanning from the mid-Atlantic to portions of the Southeast remained at risk of severe weather and heavy precipitation.
Three members of the same family were murdered Sunday when a tree struck a car, and three more were brought to hospitals, according to a statement from the Kalamazoo County, Michigan, sheriff’s office.
According to the statement, two were stable and one was in critical condition.
According to the sheriff’s office in Ingham County, a 58-year-old man passed away on Sunday after a tree fell on his home.
A man died in Valparaiso, Indiana, on Sunday after his semitruck and trailer were blown over by winds of up to 80 mph, according to the Porter County Sheriff’s Office.
Strong gusts were reported to have uprooted or knocked down trees, and the victim, Jagbir Singh, 34, was recognized.
Just before two in the morning on Sunday, a tree toppled on a camper in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, killing a man.
In Millersburg, Indiana, an Amish buggy was overturned by strong winds, killing one person, according to a preliminary report from the northern Indiana weather service office.
Although no one was killed overnight, the city of Elkhart, Indiana, reported significant damage, including a structure that fell. People were advised by police to stay inside their houses unless it was “absolutely necessary.”
People under tornado watches were advised by the weather agency to find the closest shelter and head there right away.
On Sunday, a homeowner of Vancleave, Mississippi, uploaded a video of a massive funnel cloud to the internet. In Doniphan, Missouri, another possible tornado was captured on camera against a backdrop of ominous, dark clouds.
Forecasters cautioned that severe weather is moving south and may reach Tennessee, and freezing rain and strong winds pulled down power lines throughout the Great Lakes region, from Michigan to Wisconsin.
Nearly 300,000 energy consumers in Michigan were without power on Monday morning, while over 50,000 customers in Wisconsin and Indiana were also without electricity.
Latest Key Messages for the April snowstorm set to impact parts of the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest Tuesday-Wednesday this week.
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The tracking website poweroutage.us reports that by 6 p.m. Monday, that figure had somewhat decreased, with 269,736 consumers in Michigan without power.
In order to enable for governmental assistance, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued a state of emergency for ten counties on Monday.
According to a statement she released, “We will overcome this together.”
Nearly an inch of ice had formed in Gaylord, Michigan, according to photos sent by the local weather service office.
In order to acquire gasoline for a generator that lost electricity on Saturday night, Jesika Fox and her husband traveled over 40 minutes from Alpena, Michigan.
According to the meteorological service, a powerful Pacific coastal weather system is expected to deliver heavy rain and winds of up to 70 mph to southern Oregon and Northern California during the next two days.
While the Great Basin and the northern and central Rockies may receive up to 12 inches of snow, mountain regions are predicted to receive 2 to 4 feet of snow.
The unstable circumstances will continue when this weather system moves eastward across the Mississippi Valley and the Plains on Tuesday.
This information has been sourced from NBC News.
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