Weather
Three people were hurt in Nebraska’s Lancaster County when a tornado hit an industrial building, causing it to collapse with 70 people inside.
The weather event surpassed “anything documented since the start of data collection in 1949," a state-run news agency said.
Elsewhere, cleanup work continued in several states wracked by tornadoes and other severe weather blamed for at least three deaths this week.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Thousands of homes and businesses were without power as severe weather roared through several states, causing at least one death and spawning possible tornados.
The latest storm is expected to move through quicker than the devastating atmospheric river that parked itself over Southern California earlier this month.
The first of back-to-back atmospheric rivers is drenching California.
Several states were under advisories as forecasters warned that wind chills dipping to minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit.
Governors from New York to Louisiana warned residents to be prepared for worrisome weather.
Snow is expected in Portland, “life-threatening wind chills" are forecast for South Dakota and tornadoes may hit southern states.