Millions brace severe storms as Midwest and South are battered and 200,000 people are left without p

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Millions brace severe storms as Midwest and South are battered and 200,000 people are left without power

Daily Mail
By NOA HALFF
30 March 2025



A major storm system has begun sweeping across central United States unleashing a dangerous mix of severe thunderstorms, tornados, and ice storms - leaving hundreds of thousands without power and millions more in the path of destruction.

More than 75 million Americans are currently in the threat zone as the massive weather system barrels eastward, which could trigger tornado watches, flash flood warnings, and ice storm alerts across multiple states.

'Numerous severe thunderstorms are expected today and tonight across a broad portion of the Southeast and lower/mid Mississippi Valley into the Ohio Valley and southern Great Lakes,' NOAA's Storm Prediction Center announced Sunday.

'Multiple swaths of widespread damaging winds appear likely. Large to very large hail and several tornadoes will also occur with supercells. A few of these tornadoes could be strong,' the statement continued.

A dozen tornadoes could hit cities like Little Rock, Arkansas; Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee; Paducah, Kentucky; Evansville and Bloomington, Indiana, as early as Sunday afternoon and Sunday night.

Monday's severe weather is expected to affect the bustling Interstate 81, 85 and 95 corridors from New Orleans to Atlanta, Charlotte, Washington, DC, Philadelphia and New York City, as reported Accuweather.

By Saturday evening, a tornado watch was already in effect for much of Oklahoma until 1 am Sunday, ABC News reported, as forecasters warned of 'very large hail and damaging wind gusts' across the southern Plains.

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