A powerful late-winter storm is battering the central and eastern US with heavy rain, snow and wind, canceling hundreds of flights and leaving more than 400,000 homes and businesses without power.
The storm prompted blizzard warnings in parts of multiple states and brought heavy snowfall to the Twin Cities metro.
A powerful storm is moving across the country and spawning multiple fires and severe thunderstorms with hurricane-force wind gusts and tornadoes that are knocking out power and causing damage Tuesday.
From hurricane season to ice storms, severe weather alerts in Texas might change after scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service were fired.
As of Tuesday, snow chances look very good for those in the Texas panhandle where the high temperature on Saturday in Amarillo is only expected to reach 38 degrees and there is currently an 88% chance of snow.
A major cross-country storm is moving east, bringing thunderstorms to the South from Texas to New Orleans on Mardi Gras Day before heading to the East Coast on Wednesday.