NORTHEAST ALSO HIT In the Northeast and New England, a Nor'easter storm had already dumped nearly 2 feet of snow in the Berkshire mountains of western Massachusetts and northwestern Connecticut, and 8 inches had fallen in Albany, New York, with more still to come late on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Crews in central Oklahoma on Monday were assessing the damage and clearing debris left behind by a string of rare February tornadoes that roared through the area overnight, knocking out power to thousands of customers and injuring a dozen people.