A severe winter storm that hit the central and eastern United States has killed at least 14 people, after flooding , high winds and freezing temperatures hit the region.
The National Weather Service (NWS) warned Monday (2/17) that a winter storm system bringing Arctic air would trigger "record cold," with wind chills expected to reach minus 51 degrees Celsius in Montana and North Dakota.
"I have more difficult news. The death toll in Kentucky has now risen to 12," Kentucky Governor Andry Beshear said, as reported by AFP on Tuesday (2/18/2025). That figure adds to the death toll from eight days earlier.
West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey said in a separate report that his state had seen at least one death due to the severe weather.
"We have one confirmed fatality at this time," Morrisey told a news conference, warning that further flooding was expected.
"There are still some people missing," he said.
Another person was killed in Atlanta, Georgia, when a "very large" tree fell on his home Sunday, Feb. 16, local fire official Scott Powell said.
Most of the victims in Kentucky, according to Beshear, drowned when trapped in their vehicles by rapidly rising flood waters. The dead victims included a mother and her child. The local governor urged people to avoid highways across the state, where local and federal authorities have declared a state of emergency. Beshear said more than 1,000 people had been rescued by first responders within 24 hours.
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