A massive storm is producing raging blizzards in the north and damaging tornadoes in the South, where a child was killed and homes flattened - CNN

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A massive cross-country storm is producing damaging tornadoes successful the South, wherever a kid has died, and punishing blizzard conditions successful Colorado and the Plains that person resulted successful shuttered interstates and snarled travel.

The tempest strategy moving eastbound crossed the federation – presently lingering implicit the cardinal US – is fueling terrible upwind felt passim the country, with astatine slightest 5 confirmed tornadoes successful Texas and aggregate others reported. The storms near a way of demolition crossed Oklahoma and the Dallas-Fort Worth country Tuesday, flattening homes and injuring astatine slightest 7 people.

In Louisiana, a kid who was missing aft a tornado touched down successful Keithville Tuesday was recovered dead, and a hunt for the young boy’s parent is ongoing, the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office said successful a Facebook post.

“A young lad was recovered deceased successful a wooded country of Pecan Farms wherever his location was destroyed,” the sheriff’s bureau said.

About 100 miles distant successful the tiny Union Parish municipality of Farmerville, Louisiana, astatine slightest 20 radical were injured aft a tornado struck Tuesday night, according to Farmerville Police Detective Cade Nolan.

“It’s the worst harm I’ve seen successful 17 years,” Nolan told CNN, describing seeing mobile homes lifted from their axles and frames and successful immoderate cases carried a 4th of a mile away.

First responders were inactive searching for radical successful the aboriginal greeting hours Wednesday, Nolan said, adding respective radical were injured portion traveling successful cars.

Meanwhile, astir 10 million radical – mostly successful the north-central US – are nether wintertime upwind warnings oregon advisories, with blowing snowfall and powerfulness outages a cardinal concern. Another 6 cardinal radical crossed the northeast volition beryllium nether wintertime tempest watches Wednesday.

As the tempest continues its trek east, here’s what antithetic regions tin expect:

The tempest implicit the Central Plains is expected to determination northeast to the Upper Great Lakes, portion a sister tempest develops implicit parts of the Mid-Atlantic by Thursday, according to the Weather Prediction Center. Multiple days of dense snow, beardown winds and freezing rainfall volition proceed to disturbance up utmost upwind crossed the north-central US done Thursday evening.

More than 3 cardinal radical crossed parts of Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, and Arkansas were nether tornado watches aboriginal Wednesday. The main threats proceed to see imaginable tornadoes, hail and gusts up to 75 mph.

Since Tuesday, determination person been aggregate tornado and hail reports.

Videos showed downed powerfulness lines and destroyed homes successful Decatur and Blue Ridge, Texas, arsenic good arsenic Wayne, Oklahoma, aft the tempest brought terrible upwind barreling through.

Just extracurricular Dallas, storms near astatine slightest 5 radical injured, Grapevine constabulary said. Businesses including a Grapevine mall, a Sam’s Club and a Walmart were damaged, constabulary said.

Another 2 radical were injured, and homes and businesses were damaged, successful Wise County Tuesday morning, northwest of Fort Worth, region officials said. One idiosyncratic was wounded erstwhile upwind overturned their vehicle, and the different – besides successful a conveyance – was wounded by flying debris, officials said.

In Wayne, Oklahoma, a confirmed EF2 tornado knocked retired powerfulness and damaged homes, outbuildings and barns aboriginal Tuesday, officials said, though nary injuries were reported.

In Farmerville, Louisiana, Tiyia Stringfellow told CNN she was wrong her flat erstwhile a tornado hit. She was with her fellow and 2 young children and each of them survived without injuries, she said.

“We were successful the room closet,” Stringfellow said. “All we heard was whistling and my fellow got up to look extracurricular of the model and helium (saw) the tornado, the full location was shaking and I (saw) my extortion cave successful and the location went dark.”

For Wednesday, parts of confederate Louisiana, confederate and cardinal Mississippi, confederate Alabama and the occidental Florida Panhandle inactive look an enhanced menace of terrible weather.

Cities similar New Orleans and Baton Rouge successful Louisiana and Mobile, Alabama, could spot a fewer beardown tornadoes, damaging winds and ample hail.

The tempest could besides bring isolated tornadoes, hail, and damaging winds to the country from the Texas-Louisiana borderline to the Panhandle of Florida northbound to cardinal Mississippi, Alabama, and occidental Georgia.

By Thursday, the menace weakens to a flimsy hazard for terrible upwind arsenic the tempest moves towards the East Coast.

Blizzard conditions successful the Northern and Central High Plains are expected to marque question unsafe connected snow-covered roads amid 1-2 inches per hr snowfall rates and winds gusting astatine 50-60 mph, according to the Storm Prediction Center.

The “one-in-five-year storm” worked its mode done parts of Nebraska Tuesday and is expected to linger successful the country done the extremity of the week, NWS metrologist Bill Taylor said.

Blizzard warnings are successful spot passim parts of the authorities and the state’s Department of Transportation said respective roadways are closed, including each roadways from Nebraska into Colorado.

Residents volition beryllium contending with adjacent zero visibility making question difficult, arsenic good arsenic imaginable scattered powerfulness outages.

In South Dakota, schools successful the Rapid City country closed Tuesday and volition stay shuttered connected Wednesday owed to the snowfall conditions successful the area, the schoolhouse territory said connected Facebook.

The wintry upwind conditions caused a closure of some eastbound and westbound lanes of Interstate 90 from Rapid City to the Wyoming authorities enactment connected Tuesday, authorities proscription officials said.

Heavy snowfall and gusty winds volition apt dispersed crossed the Northern Plains into the Upper Midwest Wednesday and Thursday, the Storm Prediction Center said.

Freezing rainfall and sleet are expected to proceed crossed the Plains and past displacement into the Upper Midwest done Wednesday, again making question dangerous.

“Strong winds and acold temperatures volition proceed adjacent aft this tempest ends, creating bitterly acold upwind chills,” the National Weather Service said.

As the 2nd tempest develops implicit the Southern Appalachians and moves to Mid-Atlantic connected Thursday, residents tin expect dense snowfall implicit parts of the Lower Great Lakes, Central Appalachians and the bluish Mid-Atlantic.