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We heard those howling
winds overnight.
Now our first look this midday at the
damage left behind by those overnight
storms across the plain states.
At least nine reported tornadoes
in Oklahoma and Kansas. Thanks for
joining us this midday.
I'm Megan Mitchell.
Homes, businesses, schools,
all sustaining damage in hard hit.
Norman. OK, that same system burying
California under 84 inches of snow.
Reena Roy has the very latest.
Thousands without power in Oklahoma after
a dangerous storm swept through the state.
Multiple tornadoes touched down,
high winds knocking down power lines.
People urged to take immediate shelter.
There are multiple roadways
still closed due to debris and
downed power lines in Norman.
OK, the damage widespread and authorities
say at least twelve people were hurt.
Roofs ripped off of homes,
cars flipped over,
one leading against this house.
All I heard was like rattling.
The whole house was shaking.
The door was going. Crazy.
Our front window in our third bedroom
busted through and glass was just
flying through the hallway and it
was it was kind of scary. Yeah.
People in Kansas to Texas
also facing severe weather,
devastating winds over 100 mph
causing near blinding dust storms
across the state. This is the
same system that brought rain,
wind and snow to the West Coast,
stranding drivers and closing
down sections of major highways.
More than six feet of snow fell in the
higher elevations of Southern California,
heavy rain also causing flooding
cars completely submerged in water.
ABC's Matt Gutman in Los Angeles.
The family that lived here heard a noise.
They thought it was an earthquake.
Pretty soon they realized
that this concrete like mud,
had basically destroyed the back
three bedrooms of their house,
the entire hillside coming loose. The storm
is then expected to move
into the northeast with heavy
rain today from the Mid-Atlantic
to New York City and Snow.
To the N 3 to 6 inches
expected in Boston by Tuesday.
Reena Roy, ABC News, New York. Let's
get over to muddy over
Ruiz with the latest on this storm.
I mean, Mario wears it headed now.
Well, that isn't now.
Headed towards the north and east,
causing for severe weather across
areas like Indiana and Ohio.
We'll see that eventually bring
in snow across the Northeast,
but this left destructive conditions for
Oklahoma where now seven confirmed tornadoes.
If that holds, the National Weather
Service is out surveying that area now.
If that holds, it'll be the most
amount of tornadic activity that.
October, or excuse me,
that Oklahoma has ever recorded
during the month of February.
The old record, by the way,
was six during the month of February in 2009.
Last February tornado happened in 2011,
so it's not common to see this.
Meanwhile this also brought in intense winds
across portions of New Mexico into West, TX.
See that?
That's plume of dust getting pushed
in from New Mexico into Texas,
carrying more dust from West TX into here
North Texas with wind gusts overnight of.
40 to up to 55 mile per hour
wind speeds here locally.
We saw some thunderstorms,
so not nearly to the strength
of what Oklahoma saw.
Now this is now the results
we are dealing with.
Sunshine, yeah,
but we're also looking at hazy conditions.
This is all dust that's getting pushed
in from West TX with wind gusts
right now in Cedar Hill of 17 mph.
We're going to notice this
subtle for us today.
But unfortunately this does cause air
quality really hazards for some Lubbock.
You can see the red there that's
unhealthy air quality is that dust of
plume is still in the air and for us,
moderate air quality here in North Texas,
looking ahead,
we have a couple of warm days,
but Thursday is our next day to look
ahead to because we have that potential
for strong to severe storms yet again.
We'll talk you through this
coming up in just a few moments,
Megan.