Severe weather with damaging winds and hail will occur in the southeast

ATLANTA – A series of storms pounded the Southeast on Sunday, putting more than 40 million Americans under renewed threat of tornadoes, damaging winds, hail and heavy rain in areas hit hardest by Hurricane Helene.

Sunday’s severe weather threat comes after multiple tornadoes left a path of destruction across Texas, around Houston, on Saturday. Damage was also reported Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama this weekend. At least three people died in the storms.

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The tornado threat in the Southeast will continue throughout the day for parts of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, but the bulk of the storms had begun to move offshore by late Sunday afternoon.

Danger of severe weather on Sunday.
(FOX Weather)

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Sunday’s storms cause one more death

As severe thunderstorms moved across North Carolina, a tree fell on a vehicle on Highway 152 in Iredell County, killing one person inside, according to the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office.

Severe weather caused delays for travelers flying to and from Charlotte Douglas International Airport. According to FlightAware.com, there were more than 500 delayed flights as of Sunday morning.

Power outages became more frequent across the South and Southeast on Sunday, with nearly 190,000 customers without power from Texas to North Carolina.

Wind or possible tornado damage was reported outside the Atlanta metropolitan area near Woosley, Georgia. The National Weather Service office in Atlanta/Peachtree City dispatched a damage assessment team to assess potential tornado destruction in southern Coweta and Fayette counties.

Cleanup efforts were underway in Athens, Alabama, after a series of strong thunderstorms moved through the area west of Huntsville late Saturday, knocking down trees, signs and traffic lights, video recorded by the city of Athens showed. The NWS Huntsville office noted preliminary EF-1 tornado damage in Athens, with maximum winds of 100 mph.

Heavy rain is forecast for the Helene recreation area

Adding to the serious threat, this system brought the most rain to western North Carolina since the deadly flooding caused by Hurricane Helene in September.

Some locations are expected to see the highest two-day rainfall since Helene. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain were forecast across western North Carolina through Sunday, with between 3 and 5 inches of rain falling locally.

Rain is forecast until Sunday.
(FOX Weather)

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