“Ducks are swimming where my feet were two weeks ago”, she said. Most other roads across West Texas and the Panhandle had also reopened by the evening, although snow-packed roads and ice made driving hazardous.
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New Mexico was also clearing snow from blizzards.
The Mississippi River neared a potential record crest, after an unusual amount of late-fall rain had the river already high before torrential downpours that began Saturday. Heavy rain was falling again Monday.
Evacuations in Missouri are becoming increasingly urgent as levees have been overtopped in West Alton, just north of St. Louis. The weather service said damage indicated that tornado was likely EF-3, which has winds up to 165 miles per hour.
“It’s bad enough that the tornado took their home”, King said. Some areas have reported local flooding from heavy rains overnight and throughout the previous week.
Hundreds of flights across the area have been canceled, and with portions of major highways flooded, the storm system is wreaking havoc in holiday travel plans for millions of Americans. The tornado was the only the second of that strength to hit Dallas County since 1950. A typical day sees about 150 cancellations and 4,000 delays.
A range of precipitation was forecast Monday for the USA midsection, including heavy snow, ice and blustery winds in parts of 11 states and heavy rain in already-waterlogged parts of Missouri and Arkansas.
“A variety of risky weather conditions will continue across the middle of the country through Sunday”, the National Weather Service said. “But we’re feeding them, we’re sheltering them, we’re providing health services”, she said. More than 180 roads in Missouri were closed Monday morning due to flooding.
Greene County authorities said two fatalities there were associated with the flooding.
The National Weather Service said more than 20 states-from Texas to as far north and east as Maine-were under a weather watch or warning.
The full extent of damage from Saturday’s storms along a almost 40-mile stretch near Dallas came into clear focus.
Other parts of the city saw damage, too, and assessments will be completed this week. The southern front was forecast to spread freezing rain, thunderstorms and – possibly even more tornadoes. There were no immediate reports of any damage from those storms.
Covington County Emergency Manager Greg Sanford says the damage happened before dawn Monday near the town of Seminary.
Founders of the Basehunters storm chasing team were able to capture a rare massive night time tornado chase on video.
Warnings were posted as a squall line moved west to east across Mississippi. According to official reports, more than 50 people have been injured.
“Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers go out to those Texans who have been affected by this severe weather”, Abbott said in a statement.
As of late Sunday morning, there were at least 8,000 power outages around the state, with the most being in Lawton, about 90 miles southwest of Oklahoma City.
In addition to snow, icy conditions and strong winds are expected from central Oklahoma up into Kansas, making the roads risky for driving.
Parts of the Southeast will see rain, while severe weather is possible in Mississippi.
One touched down in Birmingham, the state’s most populous city.
The governor of New Mexico, Susana Martinez, also declared state of emergency on Sunday, when the National Guard started the rescue of stranded drivers. She urged travelers passing through New Mexico to use Interstate 10 instead. DPS said only a small section of the highway in Amarillo remained open.
The Texas panhandle was under a blizzard warning along with eastern New Mexico and parts of Oklahoma.
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The auto was traveling over a low-water crossing that normally has very little water trickling across the road, if any at all, Cannon said.
