January 9, 2024 - Winter storm slams central and eastern US | CNN

January 9, 2024 - Winter storm slams central and eastern US

By Antoinette Radford, Adrienne Vogt, Aditi Sangal, Maureen Chowdhury and Emma Tucker, CNN

Updated 12:00 AM EST, Wed January 10, 2024

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Beachfront home left tilting to the side, supported by its neighbor after tornado strike

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Beachfront home left tilting to the side, supported by its neighbor after tornado strike

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What we covered here

An exceptionally powerful storm packing nearly every winter weather threat is tracking across the central and eastern US on Tuesday. More than 40 million people are under a severe storm threat, according to the Storm Prediction Center.
The storm has left nearly 900,000 utility customers without power as of 11 p.m. ET, according to PowerOutage.us. Additionally, more than 1,300 flights were canceled and more than 8,700 flights were delayed on Tuesday, according to data from FlightAware.
There have been at least four storm-related deaths, according to a CNN count, including two in Alabama, one in Georgia and one in North Carolina.
Over half the US population remains under wind alerts that cover almost all of the South and extend into the Northeast. Several tornadoes have been reported in the Florida Panhandle, with officials saying there is “significant damage” near Panama City Beach.
Track the latest winter weather alerts here. In the storm’s path? Bookmark CNN’s lite site for fast connectivity on low bandwidth.

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Nearly 900,000 utility customers are without power

From CNN's Robert Shackelford

Nearly 900,000 utility customers in the US were without power as of 11 p.m. ET Tuesday following severe storms, according to tracker PowerOutage.us.

Outages remain highest in the Mid-Atlantic but are rising across the Northeast.

Outages are expected to rise further in the Northeast as high wind gusts and heavy rainfall impact much of the region.

Here are the where the majority of outages are as of 11 p.m. ET :

Pennsylvania: 198,000
New York: 162,000
North Carolina: 112,000
New Jersey: 97,000
Virginia: 63,000
Maryland: 42,000
Georgia: 47,000

More than a foot of snow fell across parts of the Central Plains

From CNN's Robert Shackelford

The storm wreaking havoc across US has dropped a foot or more of snow in some locations in the Central Plains, according to the National Weather Service.

Some storm totals include:

North Liberty, Iowa: 15 inches
Iowa City, Iowa: 15 inches
North Sioux City, South Dakota: 14 inches
Lewiston, Nebraska: 13.5 inches
Muscoda, Wisconsin: 12 inches
Monument, Kansas: 12 inches

Though winter weather alerts have dropped off for the Central Plains, they remain until Wednesday morning for the Midwest and Great Lakes, where an additional 1-3 inches of snow and wind gusts to 40 mph are possible.

Winter weather alerts also are set to remain until Wednesday afternoon for parts of the interior Northeast and New England, where snow totals up to 12 inches and wind gusts up to 55 mph are possible.