Nearly one million Americans woke up without power after storms battered states across the country, killing five people.
The major storm drenched the Northeast and slammed it with fierce winds, knocking out power lines and downing as wind gusts reached 45 to 55 mph.
More high winds are expected throughout Wednesday, following a day or tornadoes and deadly incidents in the South and snow blizzards in the Midwest and Northwest.
The wild weather came as portions of the Northeast were still digging themselves out from a Nor’easter that dumped a foot of snow over the weekend.
Thousands of homes and businesses were in the dark along coastal areas that were lashed by wind and rain, with New Jersey under a state of emergency.
The streets surrounding Twilight Lake in Bay Head, New Jersey, are seen here after the torrential downpours on Tuesday
The wild weather came as portions of the Northeast were still digging themselves out from a nor’easter that dumped a foot of snow over the weekend
In Charlotte, North Carolina, firefighters had to rescue a man in a car after becoming stuck in flood water
A flash flood warning has also been issued in areas of Connecticut after a partial dam collapsed.
Norwich Public Utilities said that they had been notified by the break on the Yantic River earlier this morning after torrential downpours.
The energy company said they had to take a substation offline to avoid potential damage, which has already resulted in 5,000 people losing power in the area.
The National Weather Service (NWS) also issued a flash flood warning for the areas surrounding the Yantic River.
Their update advised of the dam break and deemed it ‘life-threatening flash flooding’ for this living in the nearby Fitchville.
According to the NWS, people have been trapped in buildings and homes in and around the area.
The United States Power Outage Map has also indicated that there are currently just over 630,000 homes without power across the East Coast.
In Wisconsin, one person was killed in a car crash due to poor road conditions during heavy snowfall on Tuesday morning.
Norwich Public Utilities said that they had been notified by the break on the Yantic River earlier this morning
Water rises at a residential area in an aftermath of a storm in Piermont, New York, U.S., January 10, 2024
While another crash killed a 35-year-old woman in Webber Township, Michigan, on Tuesday afternoon.
In Alabama, an 81-year-old woman was killed on Tuesday morning when a possible tornado blew her mobile home over multiple times while she was inside.
Another person died after severe weather damaged residences at a mobile home park in Claremont, North Carolina.
While in Jonesboro, Georgia, a tree collapsed onto the windshield of a car on Tuesday, killing the driver.
In New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency in advance of the storm.
Many streets and roads were flooded and rivers were rising after some areas got up to 3 inches of rain since Tuesday night.
Tornadoes had also been reported in the south, with this one in Fort Lauderdale being captured on camera
This photo provided by Bay County Sheriff’s Office shows storm damage around Panama City Beach, Florida
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Footage emerged on social media showing Hoboken train station in the city on Wednesday morning.
The railway tracks have been completely submerged by rain water following heavy downpours on Tuesday evening.
New York City officials had to evacuate nearly 2,000 migrants housed at a sprawling tent complex ahead of the storm.
In Maine, Gov. Janet Mills delayed the opening of all state offices until noon Wednesday due to the storm, which began as snow and later turned into rain in parts of New England.
Heavy snow was hitting parts of northern Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine on Wednesday morning.
Powerful winds gusted to 95 mph at Maine’s Isle au Haut, an island in Penobscot Bay, and to 83 mph off the coast of Rye New, Hampshire, said Jon Palmer from the National Weather Service in Gray, Maine.
On Wednesday morning Hoboken station was left submerged underwater after the storm passed through
A flood watch is in effect across New York City until midday Wednesday. The city’s Emergency Management Department issued a travel advisory from Tuesday evening to Wednesday morning due to the storm
As high tide neared closer on Long Island on Wednesday morning, parts of the southern shore were already inundated by coastal flooding.
In Nassau County, video showed cars sloshing through water that had collected on the streets of Freeport.
Further east, near the Hamptons, the National Weather Service reported major flooding out of Shinnecock Bay.
Several schools across Long Island said they were either canceling or delaying classes as a result of the storm.
The National Weather Service office in Tallahassee planned to send out three tornado survey teams on Wednesday to examine suspected tornado damage.
Roofs were blown off homes, furniture, fences and debris were strewn about during the height of the storm in the South.
Many areas of Florida remained under flood watches, warnings and advisories early Wednesday amid concerns that streams and rivers were topping their banks.
Zach Brobst shovels in his driveway after a snowstorm left several inches of snow in Clive, Iowa, U.S., January 9, 2024
Flood waters are seen here along Washington Avenue in Highlands, New Jersey, on Wednesday morning
Flooding along the dock in Ocean County, New Jersey, was also seen this morning after torrential downpours on Tuesday night
Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order to include 49 counties in North Florida under a state of emergency.
Another storm that began Monday buried cities across the Midwest in snow, stranding people on highways.
Some areas saw up to a foot (30 centimeters) of snow on Monday, including Kansas, eastern Nebraska and South Dakota, western Iowa, and southwestern Minnesota.
Forecasters warned snow-struck regions of the Midwest and the Great Plains that temperatures could plunge dangerously low because of wind chill, dipping to around minus 20, and even far lower in Chicago, Kansas City and some areas of Montana.
In the Pacific Northwest, a blizzard pounded Washington and Oregon mountains on Tuesday, knocking out power and prompting the closure of highways and ski resorts.
At one point, some 150,000 customers in those states were without electricity, although that was down to under 20,000 by Wednesday morning.