The icy rain knocked down trees and electric lines in Michigan and Wisconsin, reducing electricity for thousands of people on Sunday in the upper region of the great lakes, while the forecasts said that the severe climate was heading to Tennessee.
The winds greater than 70 mph (112 kph) were possible for half of Tennessee, with a possibility of tornadoes and hail of up to 2 inches (5 centimeters) on Sunday night, said the National Meteorological Service.
“Make your place safe to be cleaned in case,” said Futters in X.
More than 200,000 power outages They were informed In Michigan and Wisconsin. The churches that had energy, as well as schools and fire rooms, became heating centers while public services worked to restore electricity, a work that will probably be extended to Monday in small communities and rural pockets.
The Meteorological Service Office in Gaylord, Michigan, was in the middle, saying in X: “The accumulations vary here from half inch to almost an inch of ice!”
Despite the calendar that shows spring, “it is still winter,” said Ryan Brege, managing director of the Alpena County Road Commission, Michigan, 250 miles (402 kilometers) north of Detroit.
Alpena Power said that almost all of his 16,750 clients, homes and businesses were in the dark, 250 miles (402 kilometers) north of Detroit. Many churches without power in Wisconsin and Michigan were forced to cancel Sunday services.
“We pray for everyone to stay safe!” The Lutheran Church of Calvario said in Merrill, Wisconsin.
Jesika Fox said that she and her husband led more than 40 minutes from her home in Alpena, Michigan, to find fuel for a generator. His family lost power on Saturday night, but kept the hot house using a fan to circulate the heat of a gas stove.
“We had just passed a veterinary clinic. The entire front corner of the building was taken by a tree,” said Fox, 36.
The authorities in South Carolina reported on Sunday of Progress in the control of forest fires in the Blue Ridge mountains. Persimmon’s rock fires and crest have burned approximately 17 square miles (44 square kilometers). The mandatory evacuations were ordered on Saturday for some residents of Greenville County.
“Thanks for the sentences. They are listened to. There is rain in the air,” said Derrick Moore, head of operations of the blue team of the southern area of Southern.
