At least six people have died and hundreds of thousands are without power after winter storm Finn hit several states earlier this week.
About 164 million people were under a weather warning Tuesday as the storm marched across the Midwest and eastern parts of the United States, according to NBC News.
Many states had just been hit by a separate storm, which had dumped several inches of rain and snow on the eastern states just days earlier — leading to flooding from overflowing rivers and melting snow.
On Monday, the storm dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of the Midwest, according to ABC News and CBS News. The system also triggered about two dozen tornado reports across Texas and Alabama, then Florida, Georgia and South Carolina after it reached the East Coast on Tuesday, according to CNN.
A tornado in Tennessee killed 6, including a child, and injured dozens
Winter Storm Finn in Iowa.
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Among those killed in the storm was a 78-year-old man who was driving through Clayton County, Georgia when a tree fell on his car, according to ABC affiliate WSB-TV and NBC affiliate WXIA-TV.
A similar incident occurred in Alabama, in which a 68-year-old man was killed, NBC’s WVTM-TV and ABC’s WBMD-LD reported.
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Also in Alabama, an 81-year-old woman died after a possible tornado hit her mobile home and flipped her over multiple times while she was inside, according to ABC News and AL.com.
Another person has reportedly died in North Carolina after a separate, suspected tornado tore through a mobile home park in Claremont.
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Winter Storm Finn in Maryland.
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Two more died in traffic accidents in the Midwest, reports ABC News. One accident happened in Wisconsin, while the other happened in Michigan.
Approximately one million power outages occurred across the country due to the winter storm, according to New York Post. New York and Pennsylvania are among the hardest hit states.
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As of noon Wednesday, more than 130,000 customers were without power in New York, compared to more than 90,000 customers without power in Pennsylvania, according to PowerOutage.us.
More than 40,000 customers were left without power in three other states: New Jersey, Virginia and Michigan.
The storm caused chaos at airports across the country, with about 1,350 flights canceled and more than 8,700 delayed, according to FlightAware.
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Winter Storm Finn in Canada.
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Another storm — Winter Storm Gerri — is expected to hit eastern states through Friday and Saturday, according to Weather.com. The system triggered the first blizzard warnings for mountain areas since 2012, and more than 25,000 customers were without power, according to PowerOutage.us.
Winter Storm Gerri will hit the Midwest on Thursday before moving across the eastern states to start the weekend. The storm is expected to bring more severe weather to the south, as well as heavier rain and snow further north.
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