A powerful storm system bore down on the east coast on Monday after spawning tornadoes and torrential rains that killed at least 16 people and shut down hundreds of roads over the weekend, forecasters said.
The storm that tore through the central United States from Texas to Illinois could spawn damaging winds, hail and tornadoes as it heads into parts of the Middle Atlantic and Northeast, the National Weather Service said.
The front, described as a “powerhouse of an upper level system,” could pack downpours of more than an inch an hour as it hammers Pennsylvania and New York state, the weather agency said.
Flooding that could be record breaking in eastern Oklahoma, northern Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois was expected to take several days to recede, it said.
