Photos: From California to NY, coast-to-coast storms ravage US

Components of the Northeast are gearing up for what could possibly be very heavy snow Tuesday, after tornadoes and different highly effective winds swept by way of components of the Southern Plains and the Midwest, killing at the very least one particular person in Oklahoma, and a few Michigan residents confronted a sixth consecutive day with out energy following final week’s ice storm.

In California, the Nationwide Climate Service stated winter storms will proceed shifting into the state by way of Wednesday.

A storm system produced at the very least 4 tornadoes because it moved throughout central and northeastern Illinois on Monday, together with two that fashioned in suburbs west of Chicago, authorities stated. Preliminary experiences recommended injury there was restricted to fallen bushes or shingles torn from buildings, stated Rafal Ogorek, a meteorologist within the Chicago workplace of the Nationwide Climate Service.

At the very least one particular person was killed and three others injured after a twister touched down Sunday evening in far western Oklahoma close to the city of Cheyenne, the place 20 properties had been broken and 4 others destroyed, Roger Mills County Emergency Supervisor Levi Blackketter reported.

Statewide, Oklahoma officers obtained experiences of 55 individuals who suffered weather-related accidents from space hospitals.

Officers in Norman, Oklahoma, confirmed 12 weather-related accidents after tornadoes and wind gusts as excessive as 145 km/h (90 mph) had been reported within the state Sunday evening. The winds toppled bushes and energy strains, closed roads and broken properties and companies round Norman and Shawnee.

Lessons had been cancelled Monday at two broken elementary colleges, stated Norman Police Chief Kevin Foster.

Greater than 76,000 clients misplaced energy in Oklahoma, however most had it restored by Monday morning, Oklahoma’s Workplace of Emergency Administration reported.

Blizzard warnings went into impact Monday within the Sierra Nevada vary as extra rounds of rain and snow moved into California and Nevada.

The brand new collection of storms arrived at the same time as components of California had been nonetheless digging out from final week’s highly effective storm, which added to an enormous snowpack left by a siege of “atmospheric rivers” in December and January.

Los Angeles County declared a chilly climate alert for valley and mountain areas north of LA as in a single day temperatures had been anticipated to plunge under freezing for a lot of the week. Shelters had been opened for residents who don’t have entry to heat areas.

A winter storm warning lined components of the northeastern US, together with Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island, with heavy snow forecast by way of Tuesday afternoon.