An organized line of thunderstorms was active during the morning hours east of the Appalachians, prompting severe thunderstorm warnings and even a few tornado warnings.

Powerful storms killed two people in Mississippi, tore the roofs off an apartment building and a nursing home in a small town in Oklahoma and threatened more communities across the nation Tuesday with wide-ranging weather.

The storm was forecast to bring the threat of blizzards, tornadoes, thunderstorms and damaging winds to the East Coast on Wednesday.

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A First Alert Weather Day is in effect Tuesday due to the strong, severe storms followed by a windy afternoon.

A large storm brought strong winds, blizzards and heavy rain, which knocked out power for hundreds of thousands and clouded the sky in an orange haze in parts of the state.

Strong winds blew through North Texas Tuesday morning, bringing hurricane-force gusts that left 18-wheelers tipped over, roofs damaged and thousands without power. Severe storms in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex brought rapid gusts to the region.