A mammoth and multifaceted storm is slamming the eastern half of the United States with powerful winds, blizzard conditions and severe thunderstorms for the second consecutive day. The near-record strong March storm reached the East Coast early Wednesday after delivering deadly thunderstorms and whipping up choking dust and fast-spreading wildfires in the central and southern US Tuesday.

Powerful storms that killed two people in Mississippi and ripped roofs from buildings in a small Oklahoma town are charging across the nation, threatening more communities in the central to eastern Un

The winter storm could impact up to 170 million people across more than 20 states from the southern Plains to the Midwest and East, AccuWeather said.

An updated tornado warning was issued by the NWS Raleigh NC on Wednesday at 12:19 p.m. in effect until 12:45 p.m. for Wake County.

On Tuesday at 5:15 a.m. the NWS Fort Worth TX issued a tornado warning in effect until 5:30 a.m. for Johnson and Tarrant counties.

Both a severe thunderstorm warning and a tornado warning were issued Wednesday morning for Columbia and Lexington County, according to the National Weather Service. The tornado warning is in effect through 8 a.