The National Weather Service (NWS) predicted strong weather for this Tuesday and Wednesday storms and snowfall in much of the country, which will affect about 75 million people.
This Tuesday, storms are expected from the Ohio and Tennessee valleys to the East Coast with snowfall, tornadoes, hail, strong winds and flooding.
The federal agency also indicated that the windstorms and dry conditions will contribute to the already elevated conditions favorable to fires in southwest Texas through the end of the week.
He detailed that some 75 million people residing in the areas under the storm from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast of Mexico face sustained winds of between 95 and 130 kilometers per hour.
Officials have issued more than 110 reports of severe weather related to the storm system since Monday morning, covering North Texas to the Ohio River Valley.
The Weather Channel cited reports of downed trees and downed power poles, along with some structural damage from Lake of Egypt to Stonefort in southern Illinois.
In Evanston, Indiana, wind gusts reached 113 kilometers per hour and caused damage to the roofs of homes and mobile homes.
The NWS reported heavy snowfall in the Great Lakes region and the northern Mississippi Valley for Tuesday and Wednesday, with snowfall also in upstate New York and New England.
This Tuesday evening, the NWS added, there will be a 60 to 70 percent chance of heavy snow in Wisconsin, which will extend to the Michigan peninsula overnight.
“The storms will also produce heavy rain,” the NWS added. “As such, excessive rain warnings have been issued for portions of the southern Great Lakes and the central Appalachian region through Wednesday morning.”
These rains, the agency added, will create flash flooding in urban areas and on roads.
The storms will also spread southward and, according to the Weather Channel, will affect a vast region from Georgia to Alabama, Mississippi, northern Florida, and portions of the Appalachians in the east of the country.
The winter storm system now covering the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys will move into southern New England, according to the NWS.
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