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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sophia Tareen and Gary D. Robertson

Flights cancelled and roads underwater as storms pummel US

  • A vast and unpredictable swathe of severe weather swept across the U.S. on Sunday, bringing heavy snowfall to the Upper Midwest and damaging high winds to the Plains.
  • Forecasters warned of “successive punches of snow, wind and severe weather” impacting the eastern half of the U.S., with a heightened risk of high winds and tornadoes for the Eastern states by Monday.
  • The Upper Midwest, particularly Minnesota and Wisconsin, bore the brunt of heavy snowfall, leading to impassable roads.
  • More than 600 flights flying out of and into the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport were canceled Sunday, while Hawaii also experienced flooding.
  • A line of severe storms with damaging winds is expected to cross much of the Eastern U.S. by late Monday, with areas from South Carolina to Maryland, including Washington, D.C., facing the highest risk.

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DC under tornado warning and Hawaii flooded as storms sweep through

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