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Storm system makes way across central, south US
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A storm system is sweeping across the central and southern US, bringing tornadoes and wind gusts that ripped roofs from barns and hurled trees into power lines, leaving thousands without power.
Officials said at least two people were killed on Saturday. A man died after his mobile home overturned in northern Mississippi and another man was killed when his car hit a tree that had fallen across a county road in southeastern Mississippi. Jasper County Coroner Randy Graham says a woman who was in the car was critically injured.
In Arkansas, at least five people were injured and two dozen homes were damaged after two apparent tornadoes touched down.
At the storm’s height, more than 22,000 people lost power in northern Mississippi, though that number was beginning to fall late Saturday night.
The National Weather Service said severe storms with damaging winds were possible early yesterday morning in northern Georgia, including Atlanta. A flood watch for the region was in effect through today.
In the northeast, ice and whipping winds battered parts of New York and Vermont.
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