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There were reports of tornado damage in Texas tonight.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — At least eight tornadoes struck South Carolina on Tuesday last week, approaching the state's yearly average in a single day.

DALLAS — Severe storms tore across much of North Texas Monday evening, with a tornado damaging a high school in Jack County, emergency crews launching a search-and-rescue effort in Montague County and The National Weather Service issuing several tornado watches and warnings from Fort Worth to Austin.

An outbreak of tornadoes struck from Arkansas to Iowa to Ohio, and several alerts didn't reach residents for two to seven minutes.

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On the warmer side of the storm, tornadoes in Alabama have killed at least one person and wounded several others.

The storm is set to hit the hardest in the South, where icy roads and power outages could lead to blackouts.

A massive storm forming over the central U.S. could stretch from the Rockies to northern Texas to upper New England, according to predictions.

Cities of New York and Boston bear the brunt of the storm as thousands of flights are cancelled.