{"id":2413216,"date":"2025-03-14T13:17:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T17:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/up-to-150-million-americans-facing-threat-of-weekend-megastorm\/"},"modified":"2025-03-14T13:17:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T17:17:01","slug":"up-to-150-million-americans-facing-threat-of-weekend-megastorm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/up-to-150-million-americans-facing-threat-of-weekend-megastorm\/","title":{"rendered":"Up to 150 Million Americans Facing Threat of Weekend &#8216;Megastorm&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fup-to-150-million-americans-facing-threat-of-weekend-megastorm%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2413216&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Dangerous weather is coming to a vast section of America this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Dubbed a &ldquo;megastorm&rdquo; by the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/weather-march-storm-blizzard-fire-rain-flood-36d65e42ceae596653a9e855f9c496f4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>, tornadoes, blizzards, and flooding are all possible across different parts of middle America beginning on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If there&rsquo;s a time of the year where a storm like this can deliver these coast-to-coast impacts, we are in it,&rdquo; said Benjamin Reppert, a meteorologist at Penn State University.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service forecast projects wind gusts of up to 80 mph from the Canadian border to the Rio Grande, which creates a threat of fires in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, while blizzards could hit the Dakotas and Minnesota.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The severe thunderstorm threat alone will stretch across approximately 1 million square miles and include 30 states as it progresses eastward. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EGAcy4Y099\">https:\/\/t.co\/EGAcy4Y099<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2aW6Fr3a5J\">pic.twitter.com\/2aW6Fr3a5J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AccuWeather (@accuweather) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/accuweather\/status\/1900324754814623778?\">March 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING); 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\t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A risk of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-suspected-tornado-derails-43-train-cars-us-heartland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tornadoes<\/a> and hail threatens the Gulf Coast to Wisconsin as severe thunderstorms spread.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We expect as many as two dozen or more tornadoes, as well as hundreds of reports of damaging wind gusts, by the end of this weekend,&rdquo; AccuWeather meteorologist Bernie Rayno said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/weather\/2025\/03\/13\/severe-weather-outbreak-storm\/82321813007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Strong tornadoes could strike after dark Friday, which is extremely dangerous, especially during the overnight hours while many people are asleep,&rdquo; AccuWeather Senior Director of Forecasting Operations Dan DePodwin said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Please take time now to make sure your storm shelter or safe room is ready for use and stocked with emergency supplies in case a tornado warning is issued in your community,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Overall, the severe weather will impact more than 150 million people, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/severe-weather-outbreak-friday-saturday-midwest-southeast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox Weather<\/a>, which called the storms &ldquo;widespread and dangerous.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Fox said the highest risk for tornadoes is in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/50-million-americans-impacted-tornadoes-thunderstorms-may-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">region<\/a> between Davenport, Iowa, to Jackson, Mississippi, noting that a 1,000-mile long section of the nation faces the threat of tornadoes, with the mid-Mississippi Valley likely to bear the brunt of the bad weather.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A tornado outbreak anticipated for Saturday&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>This is the first Day 3 Moderate (Level 4\/5) Risk of its kind in the last 3 years<\/p>\n<p>Last time this was issued was in March 22nd 2022<\/p>\n<p>I remember being on the ground the next day for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foxweather?\">@foxweather<\/a> talking with families in the aftermath <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ewFxK0rLVD\">pic.twitter.com\/ewFxK0rLVD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Steve Bender (@weatherbender_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/weatherbender_\/status\/1900280973780201943?\">March 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the tornado <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-tornadoes-ripped-southern-us-alabama-engine-mechanic-knew-exactly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">outbreaks<\/a> could move to the central Gulf Coast states and the Tennessee Valley.<\/p>\n<p>Southern and central Mississippi, northern Alabama, east and central Tennessee and northern Georgia are all at risk.<\/p>\n<p>The East Coast gets its turn Sunday, where tornadoes will be possible along the Virginia coast and into the Carolinas.<\/p>\n<p>Reppert told the Associated Press that the storm draws its power from the collision of warm air in the upper atmosphere and a cool air mass tagging along behind it.<\/p>\n<p>Russ Schumacher, a climatologist at Colorado State University, said the storm could become a bomb cyclone Friday. Bomb cyclones take place when storms grow in strength so fast that the atmospheric pressure takes a major dip within 24 hours. 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