A powerful and sprawling storm is moving across the country and spawning severe thunderstorms with hurricane-force wind gusts and tornadoes that are knocking out power and causing damage Tuesday.

It was the calm before the storm Tuesday as New Jersey awaits heavy thunderstorms that could spawn high winds and possible tornadoes. What to know.

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.

A mammoth and multifaceted storm – which was dealing wind, fire, choking dust and the threat of a blizzard – pummeled much of the country as it marched east.

Dust storms blinded drivers in the Southwest, tornadoes were possible in the South and blizzard conditions descended on the Central Plains.