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Over 2800 flights canceled amid winter storm
Eight people died over the weekend in Missouri, including four worldwide soldiers stationed at Fort Leonard for training.
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Parts of western and central Oklahoma are under a winter storm warning until midday Monday, while flooding is a major concern in the southern and eastern part of the state.
The National Weather Service said the northern tip of the storm could bring up to a foot of snow as it moved across the Midwest Monday and into New England on Tuesday.
Central Texas meanwhile was facing flood risks, while the east was bracing for the possibility of more tornadoes.
More than 2,900 flights had been cancelled at United States airports by 7 pm EST (2400 GMT) on Monday, according to FlightAware.com, while another 4,000 delays were reported. More than a third of those cancellations were due to fly into or out of the two main airports in Chicago, where freezing rain was being whipped by heavy winds.
The winds in the state have scattered mangled cars and other debris for miles.
The massive storm system – fuelled by unseasonably warm air that began in the deep south Wednesday – had already dumped as much as 41 inches (104 cm) of snow in parts of New Mexico and 10 inches of rain in parts of Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas the weather service said.
According to the Atlantic, the governors of Missouri and New Mexico declared states of emergency following the damage, while in Dallas, one of the tornadoes that ravaged the landscape was measured at the secondmost serious rating of EF-4, with winds surpassing 200 miles per hour. Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia earlier took similar measures.
At least 11 people died and dozens were injured in the tornadoes that swept through the Dallas area on Saturday. Officials say there were reports of looting late Saturday.
Natalie Guzman, 33, took photos of her family’s home in Garland, a Dallas suburb. City officials said this was only the second time since 1950 that such a powerful twister struck the area. On one side of a street, windows were blown out, on the other side of the street, the homes were destroyed. There also was significant destruction of property, with 600 structures reportedly damaged.
“It is total devastation”, Lieutenant Pedro Barineau, a police spokesman in Garland, Texas, told Reuters. “We will rebuild and we will become stronger as a community”. Texas State Trooper Cindy Barkley says deteriorating conditions forced authorities to indefinitely close the highway for about 100 miles east of Amarillo to Oklahoma.
An American flag placed by first responders in the aftermath of a tornado in Rowlett, Texas.
In the Midwest, at least eight people died in Missouri flooding, and Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency as heavy rains and flash floods paralyzed much of the state. “Multiple fatalities due to flash flooding have already been reported, and I urge Missourians in flood-affected areas to stay alert, avoid travel if possible and never drive into a flooded roadway”.
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant said Monday that the state is seeking a federal disaster declaration for some or all of seven counties hit by a tornado last week. Thousands of power outages were also reported from Texas on Monday.
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Snow, sleet and hail snarled transportation in large parts of the United States on Monday during one of the busiest travel times of the year, after dozens died in U.S. storms that were just some of the wild weather seen worldwide over the Christmas holiday period.