At least 4 dead as the U.S. is battered by rain, snow and tornadoes
At least four people were dead and hundreds of thousands were in the dark as stormy weather covered much of the country Tuesday.
At least four people were dead and hundreds of thousands were in the dark as stormy weather covered much of the country Tuesday.
Powerful storms charged across the country bringing snow, rain, wind, thunder or cold, sometimes in combination, to the Pacific Northwest, the Plains, the Gulf Coast, the South and the mid-Atlantic on Tuesday.
In all, 164 million people were under winter weather alerts from freeze warnings to tornado warnings. Large swaths of the country were under winter weather advisories — which alert residents to freezing rain and other possible hazards — or winter storm warnings, which precede a few inches or more of snow or sleet.
Even Hawaii was contending with messy weather, as the Maui County Emergency Management Agency said flash flooding was continuing and rain was coming down at times at 1 inch per hour. The agency said a high wind warning for the Big Island of Hawaii would remain in effect overnight.
People help push a vehicle back onto the road after it became stuck in the snow in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday.Joe Raedle / Getty ImagesMore than 600,000 energy customers in a contiguous path from the tip of Florida to the top of New York state were without power early Tuesday evening, according to utility tracker PowerOutage.us.
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