East Coast, Midwest battered by strong storm systems

The storm blew down electrical wires “in a big ball of fire, thrashing all about each other”, Williams said.

The bodies, found 300 yards from the mobile home, were transported to the Office of the Medical Examiner in Norfolk for positive identification.

The system spawned at least seven tornadoes a day earlier along the Gulf Coast, damaging hundreds of homes in Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida.

Police say at least four other structures were damaged within the town limits.

At least 20 people were reported injured in Essex County, Virginia, where one tornado was reported, according to the Virginia Department of Emergency Management. The tiny farming town of Waverly in the state’s peanut-growing region took the brunt. The injuries ranged from minor to serious, but there were no confirmed fatalities.

Virginia State Police said the adults killed Wednesday were 50 and 26 years old.

St. James Parish Coroner Dr. Randall Poche’ (POH’-shay) says 59-year-old David Eugene Swann, of Satsuma, Alabama and 51-year-old Scott Ellis of North Carolina died Tuesday.

State police are still working on next of kin notifications – no names will be released until then.

He said his group is on call for anything that officials at the emergency command center need, but said the group is headed to Tappahannock with two tractor-trailer-loads of supplies. Williams said he also was a frequent guest of Turner’s.

“He loved his mom and he was a decision maker”, Stringfield said of her little boy.

The picture above was shared by local TV station WDBJ, explaining that three wooden crosses made it through the devastating storm in Evergreen, in Appomattox County.

Langford said he had nothing but praise for the state’s response to the storm. A girl in MI died following a three-vehicle crash on a snowy roadway.

Gardner said he and his uncle were OK but a good friend of his was one of the people killed.

Residents are dealing with downed trees and power lines while officials are closely watching some rivers and streams after a wave of strong storms packing heavy rain and wild winds swept across New Jersey.

On Wednesday afternoon, the Commonwealth was impacted by severe thunderstorms along with high winds and possible tornadoes.

The National Weather Service (NWS) warned that there could be tornado activity along the area from Raleigh, North Carolina, north to parts of Virginia, Maryland and the Washington, D.C., area.

Poche said autopsies have been performed, but did not have the results. AFP Search Engine Optimization The prettiest website in the world is like a tree falling in the forest with no one there to hear it. If your website hasn’t been search engine optimized, no one is going to see it or hear it – and it’s not going to work for you. In the Midwest, a powerful storm brought heavy snow and biting winds, leading to mass flight cancellations at Chicago airports and school closings in several states. Atlantic City Electric is reporting 1,729 customers without service, mostly in Gloucester County.

Nine tornadoes, with one that hit several areas during its time on the ground, have now been confirmed from Tuesday’s severe weather event, and there’s a possibility that a few more could be added to the list Thursday.

Destroyed trailers and vehicles are all that remain of the Sugar Hill RV Park after a suspected tornado hit in Convent, La., Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. RVs were tossed about and lay on top of wrecked cars and pickup trucks. Two people were killed there, said St. James Parish Sheriff Willy Martin, speaking on local television.

The strongest twister, rated EF-2, killed 73-year-old Dale Purvis when it struck a mobile home in southern Lamar County.

Apartment resident Milan Smith told the newspaper two buildings lost their roofs.

Residents in LaPlace, Louisiana, are cleaning up after a tornado ripped through the area.