ALBAWABA - At least two people were killed as strong storms hit Mississippi and crashed the roofs off an apartment building and a nursing home on Tuesday in a small town in Oklahoma, according to Associated Press (AP).
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves posted on his X account that two people were killed due to the severe weather.
Local media said that one of the people died after a power line crashed on his car due to the storm, and the other person died when a tree fell on his car in Madison County.
Nonetheless, the storm caused many power outages leaving over 178,000 people without power in Texas, around 23,000 others in Louisiana, as well as 18,000 in Mississippi, about 88,000 in Alabama, over 16,000 in Oklahoma and more than 23,000 in Tennessee, according to PowerOutage.us.
The large storm system also brought blinding dust storms to the Southwest, blizzards with whiteout conditions to the Midwest and fears of wildfires elsewhere.
Not only in Mississippi, a tornado with winds up to 110 mph also hit Texas. Another one also struck Ada city in Oklahoma, the National Weather Service said.
Initial reports confirmed that at least two tornadoes were marked in northern Caddo Parish in Louisiana and about five others in eastern Oklahoma.
High winds forced some changes to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, which moved up and shortened the two biggest parades to wrap them up before the bad weather moved in.
