One state over in missouri, salt trucks were busy preparing the roads for expected heavy snowfall. Transportation officials mark sheldon warned holiday travelers. Certainly, those roads are slick. If you dont have to get out, please dont get out. Reporter the storm system caused heavy snow in the midwest, brought heavy rains and wind to the south, and shrouded the city of atlanta in fog. At least two reported tornadoes touched down in the houston area. One man was killed when a toppled tree flattened his pickup truck. By midafternoon, nearly 70,000 people in the houston area were without power. Meteorologist David Bernard says its only going to get worse. This is a wideranging storm, as far as impacts go. Theres a tornado threat in the south all the way into the southeast for tomorrow. North of that, arkansas into tennessee, indiana, parts of missouri and even into ohio, the threat will be for blizzard conditions developing later tonight and tomorrow. Reporter and all that bad weather
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