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The death toll has risen to 10 as storms generating tornadoes and heavy rains rolled through parts of the southern U.S. on Friday, local media reported on Saturday.
Three people were killed by falling trees in Alabama. A woman died inside her SUV after a rotted tree branch struck her vehicle in Mississippi, and in Arkansas, a man died when he was swept into a swollen river by flood waters after driving on a flooded street.
Four weather-related deaths also were reported from Kentucky and another was registered in Tennessee after a vehicle passenger died near the western Tennessee town of Waverly.
The National Weather Service said the powerful storm had mostly left the South by late Friday and was moving to the Northeast, where it was forecast to cause heavy snow and sleet from southeastern Michigan eastward to New York state. Parts of central New York and southern New England may see over a foot (30 cm) of snow by Saturday afternoon.
More than 1.4 million homes and businesses were without power in states impacted by the storm, according to data from PowerOutage.us.
Violent storms are frequent in the southern United States in winter months, as warm, moist air comes up from the Gulf of Mexico and collides with colder air moving down from the north, meteorologists say.
(With input from Reuters)
(Cover: Residential properties peak out from behind snow along Larch Avenue in South Lake Tahoe, California, U.S., March 1, 2023. /CFP)
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