Storms slam Northeast with hurricane-force wind gusts on third, final day of deadly severe weather outbreak – Fox Weather

Dangerous storms charged into the Northeast on Sunday during the third and final day of a deadly severe weather outbreak. Hurricane-force winds in Ohio and Pennsylvania knocked out power to thousands as the storms moved east.PITTSBURGH – Residents across the Northeast awoke to lingering rain and rising flood concerns Monday following a weekend of violent and destructive severe weather.While the thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts have exited the East Coast, the mid-Atlantic and Northeast are now grappling with the aftermath, including lingering rainfall and the threat of flooding due to melting snow and ice in parts of the interior Northeast and northern New England.Sunday marked the third and final day of the deadly multiday severe weather outbreak that spawned tornadoes, a dust storm, wildfires and even blizzard conditions that left at least 42 people dead across the U.S.At least 26 people have been killed as a result of the severe weather and tornadoes, with Missouri appearing to have been the hardest hit as officials there confirmed at least 12 deaths. Deaths have also been reported in Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama and North Carolina.SEE IT: PLANE TAKES OFF AS TORNADO SPINS NEAR ST. LOUIS AIRPORT
Damage left after a tornado swept through Elliott, Mississippi on March 15, 2025.
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Three fatalities, 32 injured in Independence County, AR
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A car lays on its side after being blown over by a tornado in Elliot, Mississippi, on March 15, 2025.
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Tornado damage in Kentwood, Louisiana on March 15, 2025.
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The National Weather Service warned that the destructive tornado had been sighted just after 4 a.m. and issued a “Particularly Dangerous Situation” Tornado Warning for Oakland City as the storm approached.
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At least 14 people are dead in Missouri and Arkansas following a widespread and dangerous severe weather outbreak Friday evening after numerous tornadoes were spotted across multiple states, causing significant damage.
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Damage left after a tornado swept through Elliott, Mississippi on March 15, 2025.
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A tornado moves through Villa Ridge, Missouri, late Friday.
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Webster County, MO storm damage (East of Springfield, MO)
(Webster County Emergency Management)And in the central and southern Plains, a dust storm dropped visibility to nearly zero in portions of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas on Friday. Officials said eight people were killed in a multi-vehicle pileup on Interstate 70 near the Kansas-Colorado state line.Officials in Texas said four people were killed in multiple crashes – two in Palmer County and two in Gray County due to the high winds and low visibility from blowing dirt and dust.Sunday’s severe weather threat stretched into the early hours of Monday from the Southeast to the mid-Atlantic and Northeast.Following a tornado-warned storm Monday morning in Perquimans County, North Carolina, emergency management officials confirmed to FOX Weather that a neighborhood in Hertford sustained significant damage, with 13 mobile homes severely affected. Three people were injured and rushed to an area hospital for evaluation.The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado in Pender County, North Carolina, along Herrings Chapel Road Sunday night. NWS storm survey teams are currently working to determine the tornado’s path and strength.A large tree fell onto a single-wide trailer on Sunday in Transylvania County, North Carolina, resulting in the deaths of two young boys, ages 11 and 13. The Transylvania County Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with the North Carolina Medical Examiner’s Office, is investigating the incident, which appears to be weather-related.Powerful winds also sent a tree crashing onto an SUV in Potomac, Maryland, Sunday afternoon, leaving the driver fortunate to have escaped with their life, FOX 5 DC reported. Despite the dramatic scene, Montgomery County police said the driver only suffered “non-life-threatening injuries” and is recovering at a local hospital.Thunderstorms added to the region’s misery and caused air travel delays at airports up and down the East Coast, with weather-related ground delays in Orlando, Tampa, Washington, Philadelphia and New York.Wind, rain and hail at State College Pennsylvania on Sunday, March 16, 2025.  (@denyswx/X)Hurricane-force wind gusts were recorded in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, recorded an 89-mph wind gust, according to the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh. Earlier Sunday, a 76-mph wind gust was recorded at Zanesville Municipal Airport in central Ohio.The NWS in Pittsburgh said it will survey damage sites in Pennsylvania from Donegal to Ligonier in Westmoreland County and from Derry through Blairsville to Yellow Creek State Park in Westmoreland and Indiana counties.Power outages skyrocketed in Pennsylvania, with more than 165,000 customers without power by Sunday evening. Thousands of outages were also reported across Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina. TERRIFYING VIDEO SHOWS FAMILY RIDING OUT DEADLY TYLERTOWN, MISSISSIPPI, TORNADOPower lines and poles down near State College Airport in Pennsylvania on Sunday, March 16, 2025. (@kileyqallen/X)In all, more than 64 million people from Florida to New York state were at risk of severe weather, including communities along the heavily traveled Interstate 95 corridor.Home security video shows a powerful squall moving through Duncansville, Pennsylvania on Sunday as a line of storms moves across the eastern U.S. The threat of tornadoes continued overnight for parts of central and eastern North Carolina and southern Virginia, where a Tornado Watch was in place through early Monday. 
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