7 dead, hundreds of thousands without power as storms pound the Midwest
A severe winter storm killed at least seven people and left almost half a million energy customers without power Monday morning as strong winds and heavy rain caused havoc from the mid-Atlantic to the South.
A severe winter storm killed at least seven people and left almost half a million energy customers without power Monday morning as strong winds and heavy rain caused havoc from the mid-Atlantic to the South.
Four people were killed in Michigan, two died in Indiana and one person was killed in Oklahoma, officials said. An EF-2 tornado in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, on Monday ripped the home off a roof but caused no injuries.
The threat of severe weather and heavy rain continued for a region from the mid-Atlantic to parts of the Southeast through Monday night, the National Weather Service said.
The Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Sheriff's Office said in a statement that three people from the same family were killed when a tree hit a vehicle Sunday, with three others taken to hospitals. One was in critical condition, and the two others were stable, the statement said.
In Ingham County, a 58-year-old man died Sunday after a tree fell onto his house, the sheriff’s office there told NBC affiliate WILX of Lansing.
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