“He wanted me to take her to the hospital”, King said. He added that the roadway was snow-packed and icy. Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Elizabeth Carter said traffic had been backed up for about 13 miles.
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Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index rallied 0.9 per cent and New Zealand’s S&P/NZX 50 Index increased 0.6 per cent. With one day remaining in 2015, the S&P is up just 0.2 per cent on the year.
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said Monday that the state is seeking a federal disaster declaration for some or all of the seven counties hit by a tornado last week.
Rescue crews assist with evacuations in Midwest flooding
On Wednesday Mayor Mike Pennise ordered the residents in the levee-protected area in the lower end of the city to be out by noon. Army Corps forecasts major flood levels on the Mississippi River to eventually reach Memphis, Vicksburg, Miss., and New Orleans.
In Arkansas, a 31-year-old man drowned in a flood-swollen creek about 65 miles northwest of Little Rock, authorities said yesterday.
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Four of the Islamic extremists who killed 130 people in multiple terrorist attacks in Paris in November were from Belgium. Two of the Paris suicide bombers, Brahim Abdeslam and Bilal Hadfi, had been living in Belgium.
Much of Vermont and New Hampshire will see 4 to 6 inches of snow, and much of ME could get pummeled with 8 to 12 inches of snow. An unusual amount of late-fall rain had the river already high before torrential downpours that began Saturday. Heavy rain, wind and falling temperatures hampered cleanup efforts Sunday afternoon.
West Alton, about 20 miles north of St. Louis, has about 520 residents.
Six tornadoes were reported in Texas and one in Oklahoma on Saturday, the National Weather Service said.
Forecasters say the line of severe weather is expected to make its way across the Panhandle on Monday.
On Pensacola Beach, the National Park Service closed some flood-prone roads in Gulf Islands National Seashore because of potential flooding. Around 3700 more flights were delayed, according to flight-tracking service FlightAware. A typical day sees about 150 cancellations.
The country’s midsection was seeing a range of precipitation Monday, including heavy snow, ice and blustery winds in parts of several states and heavy rain in already-waterlogged parts of Missouri and Arkansas.
Over the weekend, eight people died in flash flooding, including four worldwide soldiers temporarily stationed at Fort Leonard Wood for training.
More than 2100 flights were cancelled nationwide on Monday, a lot of them in Chicago. City officials said it’s just too risky to reopen those areas.
Other tornadoes touched down in nearby Collin and Rockwall counties.
Other parts of the city saw damage, too, and assessments will be completed this week.
NWS issued a tornado watch for more than 30 Alabama counties, including Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Montgomery, Mobile and Baldwin from the forecasted severe thunderstorms. There were no immediate reports of injuries. While it was too soon to begin repairs Monday, Crutcher said he had crews installing protective tarps over damaged homes free of charge.
There were two more victims in Garland whose identities have not yet been released.
Northern Mississippi residents are still cleaning up from a tornado that struck Wednesday and killed 10 people in the state.
Oklahoma emergency officials say more than 50 people have been injured and about 175,000 are without power.
The extreme weather, fueled by unseasonably warm air, is likely to continue for the next few days, the National Weather Service warned, complicating search and rescue efforts and possibly wreaking more havoc in the region.
Highest rainfall totals in North Alabama were recorded in Haleyville in Winston County, where some 10.35 inches of rain was reported.
In the USA state of Texas, at least eleven people were killed in the Dallas area over the weekend as floods and tornadoes flattened buildings and disrupted transport for millions.
Flooding in Missouri and IL caused risky driving conditions that led to drowning deaths.
Wind-blown waves from Lake Michigan break around the Shedd Aquarium as a winter storm moves across IL on Monday. Late Saturday, one death was reported in Alabama.
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I-40 is the main east-west highway through the state’s Panhandle.
