South Severe Weather: Power Outages Widespread, Homes Destroyed
Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletterto get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists. Storms destroyed homes, knocked down trees and power lines and shut down a portion of a major interstate as severe weather roared across parts of the South Wednesday night. The storms brought large hail, tornadoes and high winds, and left more than 240,000 homes and businesses without power from Texas into Florida as of about 10:30 p.m. EDT. By Thursday morning,...