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Pictures: US storm brings tornadoes, blizzard-like conditions

A vast and volatile storm system ripping across the US killed at least three people

Published: December 15, 2022 13:46 Agencies

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Copy of Winter_Weather_Louisiana_42094--d2ce6-1671095256762 — Debris is piled up following severe weather Wednesday, December 14, 2022, in Keithville, Louisiana. A volatile storm ripping across the US spawned tornadoes that killed a young boy and his mother in Louisiana, smashed mobile homes and chicken houses in Mississippi and threatened neighbouring Southern states with more punishing weather Wednesday. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Winter_Weather_North_Dakota_14302--f90a3-1671095284839 — To the north, the huge storm system delivered blizzard-like conditions to the Great Plains and was expected to push more snow and ice into Appalachia and New England. The wintery blast dumped more than 2 feet of snow in parts of North Dakota. | Above: A man clears heavy wet snow from the sidewalk outside his home on Fourth Street in Bismarck, North Dakota. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Winter_Weather_Louisiana_04545--30dbd-1671095252610 — In northern Louisiana, it took hours for authorities to find the bodies of a mother and child reported missing after a tornado swept away their mobile home Tuesday in Keithville, a rural community near Shreveport. | Above: Debris is piled up following severe weather in Keithville. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of APTOPIX_Winter_Weather_Louisiana_29214--66833-1671095269230 — Destruction is seen from a tornado that tore through the area in Killona, Louisiana. Wednesday's forecast called for more severe storms with additional tornadoes expected across an area of the Gulf Coast region populated by nearly 3 million people from New Orleans to Mobile, Alabama. A steady stream of tornado warnings was issued Wednesday across portions of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 677015-01-02-1671095282622 — A man clears his driveway of snow from an overnight storm in Provo, Utah. A cross-country storm is expected to unleash blizzard conditions in the northern US and severe weather in the South and move towards the Northeast later in the week. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of APTOPIX_Winter_Weather_Louisiana_57194--7f1e4-1671095264852 — A suspected tornado reported in New Iberia in southwest Louisiana damaged several buildings on the campus of New Iberia Medical Center (pictured), hospital officials said, with five people reporting minor injuries. Image Credit: AP

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In neighbouring Mississippi, a suspected tornado destroyed four large chicken houses (pictured) — one containing 5,000 roosters — in Rankin County, Mississippi. — In neighbouring Mississippi, a suspected tornado destroyed four large chicken houses (pictured) — one containing 5,000 roosters — in Rankin County, Mississippi. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 677047-01-02-1671095301896 — A worker clears cars of snow at the Bereg used car lot after an overnight storm in Orem, Utah. Icy weather from the huge storm was expected to affect the US from coast to coast. It began by dumping heavy snow in the Sierra Nevada and was predicted to bring ice and snow to the eastern US in coming days. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Winter_Weather_Oklahoma_86034--12a28-1671095239168 — Belinda Penner carries belonging from her cousin's home, destroyed by a tornad in Wayne, Oklahama. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Winter_Weather_17849--1e6e4-1671095245133 — A mobile home community in Ruleville, Mississippi, is flooded from torrential rains that accompanied destructive storms. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Winter_Weather_Texas_68126--aa4d4-1671095220573 — A home after a possible tornado swept through, near Decatur, Texas. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Winter_Weather_60241--6555e~1-1671095297641 — Wrightwood residents enjoy a walk together as heavy snow falls on Highway 2 near Wrightwood, California. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of APTOPIX_Winter_Weather_Louisiana_49574--89c21-1671095262749 — Damage is seen along Schoolhouse Road after a tornado moved through area in Killona, Louisiana. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 677094-01-02-1671095307350 — A man clears his driveway of snow as a woman walks down the sidewalk after an overnight storm in Provo,Utah. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 677079-01-02-1671095277514 — A man works on a building in a snow storm in Lehi, Utah. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Winter_Weather_90299--08f08-1671095242146 — A mobile home community in Ruleville, Mississippi, is flooded from torrential rains that accompanied destructive storms. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Winter_Weather_72916--1656f-1671095274769 — Rain from a winter storm creates icy and flooding conditions, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Winter_Weather_28148--2422f~1-1671095292269 — Evan Freedman, from Los Angeles, puts snow chains on his vehicle as heavy snow falls on Highway 2 near Wrightwood, California. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Winter_Weather_75093--27fc7-1671095271586 — Icicles hang from a roof as rain from a winter storm creates icy conditions, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Winter_Weather_85924--85665-1671095288120 — California Highway Patrol officer Mike Eshleman instructs a driver he may continue on Highway 2 in his 4-wheel drive vehicle as heavy snow falls near Wrightwood, California. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Winter_Weather_Texas_61233--88a4a-1671095225953 — Crews survey damage from a possible tornado in Grapevine, Texas. Image Credit: AP

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