周日，超过1亿美国人处于洪水、泥石流、降雪和强风的警报中，因为危险的冬季天气导致南部数万人断电，并导致肯塔基州至少8人死亡。
周日，大雨继续在美国南部部分地区造成严重洪水，快速上涨的洪水淹没了道路，促使一些人撤离。与此同时，雪和雨夹雪使大西洋中部和东北部天气混乱，佛蒙特州的伯灵顿积雪8.5英寸，纽约州的马塞纳从周末的风暴中获得了8.4英寸的新鲜粉末。
从周六到周日，肯塔基州、田纳西州、西弗吉尼亚州和北卡罗来纳州的部分地区发布了大量山洪预警。
肯塔基州州长安迪·贝希尔周日在x。
在周日下午的新闻发布会上，贝希尔确认了全州八例与天气有关的死亡，其中一人是儿童。他说，其中两人死于与天气有关的机动车事故，另外六人死于洪水事故。
他将这场致命的风暴描述为“至少十年来我们应对的最严重的天气事件之一。”
周日下午，肯塔基州的搜救行动仍在继续，19支快速供水队部署在多个县。贝希尔说，第一批救援人员已经进行了1000多次救援。
贝希尔说，该州所有120个县都受到了风暴的影响。他说两个疗养院被疏散，其中一个州警察疏散了100名病人。
早些时候，州官员表示，杰克逊潘波湖周围的严重洪水-位于列克星敦东南约85英里处-导致一家疗养院和一家医院作为预防措施撤离。
贝希尔说，146名州国民警卫队士兵和飞行员被部署在16个县，300条州和联邦道路因洪水和山体滑坡破坏而被封锁。
根据Poweroutage.us的数据，周日下午，肯塔基州、阿拉巴马州、佐治亚州、弗吉尼亚州、西弗吉尼亚州、北卡罗来纳州和田纳西州的近45万用户在周日早上停电
根据Poweroutage.us的数据，截至美国东部时间周日下午4点10分，肯塔基州至少有23，125名公用事业客户仍然没有电力供应
他说，另外9800名顾客没有水，一些居民被建议只饮用开水。
在暴雨和大范围洪水到来之前，贝希尔宣布进入紧急状态。
他还说，他写信给唐纳德·特朗普总统，“由于恶劣的天气和对我们整个州的影响，要求肯塔基州宣布紧急灾难。”贝希尔说，特朗普周六晚上签署了宣言，释放了联邦资金来帮助应对。
州长说他也和国土安全部部长Kristi Noem和联邦应急管理局代理局长谈过了。
肯塔基州西部和田纳西州西北部的部分地区报道说从周六晚上到周日降雨量达到了4到7英寸。田纳西州克拉克斯维尔附近地区，纳什维尔西北部，报道称降雨量约为7.6英寸。
路易斯维尔市警察局表示，其河流巡逻队和潜水队正在与当地消防部门合作，在“整个城市”进行水上救援
在田纳西州，纳什维尔东北约65英里的梅肯县一家疗养院的50多名居民在水位开始上涨后被疏散到地势较高的地方。相应的梅肯县紧急医疗服务中心。
田纳西州克拉克斯维尔市市长乔·皮茨(Joe Pitts)在一份声明中表示，接近4英寸的降雨量在该地区造成了“令人震惊的山洪暴发场景”。皮茨说，预计周日晚上的降雨量将超过2英寸。
2007年，美国国家气象局延长了几个县的山洪爆发紧急状态西弗吉尼亚州而在弗吉尼亚西南部直到周日，称山洪爆发是“极其危险和威胁生命的情况。”
据当地警察局称，在弗吉尼亚州西南部Tazewell县的Richlands镇，居民被鼓励撤离。
“该镇的多个地区目前正在经历洪水，预计河水会上涨得更高，”警察局说说在周六下午的脸书邮报上。「我们强烈建议先前受水浸地区的居民立即疏散。疏散不应推迟。”
弗吉尼亚州副州长Winsome Earle-Sears说，国家空军卫队和士兵已经部署，以帮助应对。“不要试图逃离洪水或任何东西，”她在《脸书邮报》上写道。"如果需要的话，去高地."
在西弗吉尼亚州，州长帕特里克·莫里西宣布10个县进入紧急状态。西弗吉尼亚州南部也下令疏散，斯巴尼斯堡附近的蓝石河遭遇大洪水。
在受暴雨影响的地区，滑坡和岩石崩塌是可能的。
狂风暴雨和洪水是主要威胁，但也有可能发生龙卷风。
佐治亚州部分地区的龙卷风风险持续到周日，居民们被要求注意恶劣天气的警告。随着风暴的推进，警报可能会向东延伸到大西洋海岸。
东北的冰雪
与此同时，大雪在周六下午和周日进入东北部和大西洋中部的部分地区，预计情况会恶化。
随着这个系统在周日穿过东北部，东北部许多地方的雪变成了雨夹雪。
从雪到雨夹雪和雨的转变会造成泥泞的环境和危险的旅行。
截至周日下午，佛蒙特州的伯灵顿从周末的暴风雪中获得了8.5英寸的降雪，纽约的马塞纳获得了8.4英寸的新降雪。与此同时，波士顿记录了5.4英寸;康涅狄格州的Simsbury有6英寸;宾夕法尼亚州的萨默塞特收到了5.4英寸;纽约市的中央公园下了半英寸厚的雪。
8000万处于风力警报之下
周日和周一，强风警报对22个州的8000多万人有效。
到周日晚上，东北部和大西洋中部的阵风可能达到每小时60英里，而东南部的阵风可能达到每小时45英里。
周日凌晨4点30分，亚特兰大发布了严重雷暴警告。据记录，该市梅赛德斯-奔驰体育场的风速高达每小时71英里。
平原严寒天气预报
一场北极风暴预计将在未来一周内使大平原的气温骤降，并向南延伸至德克萨斯州。
寒冷天气警报对从北达科他州到德克萨斯州的4000万人有效。
到周二早上，24个州的部分地区将感受到零下的寒风。
从周二到周五，美国中部可能会出现数十次创纪录的低温，北达科他州和明尼苏达州的部分地区实际最低气温可达零下30度。
> ABC新闻的维多利亚·阿朗西奥和约什·理查德森对本文有贡献。
Major storm in Eastern US brings severe flash floods
More than 100 million Americans were under alerts Sunday for flooding, mudslides, snow and strong winds as dangerous winter weather left tens of thousands without power throughout the South and contributed to at least eight deaths in Kentucky.
Heavy rain continued to produce serious flooding across parts of the Southern United States on Sunday, where rapidly rising floodwaters inundated roadways and spurred some evacuations. Meanwhile, snow and sleet made for messy weather in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, with Burlington, Vermont, getting 8.5 inches of snow and Massena, New York, receiving 8.4 inches of fresh powder from the weekend storm.
Throughout Saturday and into Sunday, there were numerous flash flood warnings issued across parts of Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and North Carolina.
The impact from flooding in his state is "massive," Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Sunday in a statement on X.
During a news conference Sunday afternoon, Beshear confirmed eight weather-related deaths across the state, with one of them being a child. He said two of the deaths resulted from weather-related motor-vehicle accidents and the other six fatalities occurred in floodwater accidents.
He described the deadly storm as, “one of the most serious weather events we’ve dealt with in at least a decade."
On Sunday afternoon, search-and-rescue operations were continuing in Kentucky with 19 swift-water teams deployed in multiple counties. Beshear said that first responders had made more than 1,000 rescues.
Beshear said all 120 counties in the state have been impacted by the storm. He said two nursing homes were evacuated, including one where state police evacuated 100 patients.
Earlier, state officials said serious flooding around Panbowl Lake in Jackson -- about 85 miles southeast of Lexington -- led to the evacuation of a nursing home and a hospital as precautions.
Beshear said that 146 state National Guard soldiers and airmen were deployed in 16 counties and that 300 state and federal roads were blocked due to flooding and landslide damage.
On Sunday afternoon, nearly 450,000 customers spread across Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee were without power Sunday morning, according to Poweroutage.us.
At least 23,125 utility customers in Kentucky remained without power as of 4:10 p.m. ET Sunday, according to Poweroutage.us.
An additional 9,800 customers were without water and some residents were advised only to consume boiled water, he said.
In advance of the heavy rainfall and widespread flooding, Beshear issued a state of emergency.
He also said he wrote to President Donald Trump "requesting an emergency disaster declaration for Kentucky due to the severe weather and impacts across our state." Trump signed the declaration Saturday night, releasing federal funds to aid the response, Beshear said.
The governor said he had also spoken to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and the acting director of FEMA.
Parts of western Kentucky and northwestern Tennessee reported receiving 4 to 7 inches of rain Saturday night into Sunday. The area around Clarksville, Tennessee, northwest of Nashville, reported getting around 7.6 inches of rain.
The Louisville Metro Police Department said its river patrol and diving teams were working with local fire departments to conduct water rescues "throughout the city."
In Tennessee, more than 50 residents of a nursing home in Macon County, about 65 miles northeast of Nashville, were evacuated to higher ground after rising water began to approach,accordingto the Macon County Emergency Medical Services.
Joe Pitts, the mayor of Clarksville, Tennessee, said in a statement that close to 4 inches of rain caused "alarming scenes of flash flooding" in the area. Up to 2 more inches of rain was expected Sunday evening, Pitts said.
The National Weather Service extended a flash flood emergency for several counties inWest Virginiaand insouthwestern Virginiathrough Sunday, calling the flash flooding an "extremely dangerous and life-threatening situation."
In the town of Richlands, in southwestern Virginia's Tazewell County, residents were encouraged to evacuate, according to the local police department.
"Multiple areas of the town are currently experiencing flooding, with the river expected to rise even higher," the police departmentsaidin a Facebook post on Saturday afternoon. "Residents in previously flooded areas are strongly advised to evacuate at once. Evacuation should not be postponed."
Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears said National Air guardsmen and soldiers had been deployed to help the response. "Don't try to outrun a flood or anything," she wrote in a Facebook post. "Get the higher ground if you need to."
In West Virginia, Gov. Patrick Morrisey declared a state of emergency in 10 counties. Evacuations were also ordered in southern West Virginia, with the Blue Stone River experiencing major flooding near Spanishburg.
In areas affected by heavy rain, landslides and rockslides are possible.
Storms with damaging winds and flash flooding were the main threats, but there was also the possibility of tornadoes.
Residents were urged to pay attention to severe weather warnings as the tornado risk continued into Sunday for parts of Georgia. Warnings could be extended east to the Atlantic coastline as the storms progress.
Snow and ice in the Northeast
Meanwhile, snow moved into portions of the Northeast and mid-Atlantic on Saturday afternoon and into Sunday, and conditions were expected to deteriorate.
The snow in many parts of the Northeast was changing to sleet and rain as this system moved through the Northeast on Sunday.
The switch from snow to sleet and rain will create slushy conditions and hazardous travel.
As of Sunday afternoon, Burlington, Vermont, had received 8.5 inches of snow from the weekend storm and Massena, New York, got 8.4 inches of fresh powder. Meanwhile, Boston recorded 5.4 inches; Simsbury, Connecticut, got 6 inches; Somerset, Pennsylvania, received 5.4 inches; and New York City's Central Park got a half-inch of snow.
80 million under wind alerts
High wind alerts are in effect for more than 80 million people across 22 states for Sunday and Monday.
Gusts of up to 60 mph are possible in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic through Sunday night, while gusts of up to 45 mph are possible in the Southeast.
A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for Atlanta at 4:30 a.m. on Sunday. Wind gusts at the city's Mercedes Benz Stadium were recorded up to 71 mph.
Brutal cold forcast for the Plains
An Arctic blast is expected to send temperatures plunging across the Great Plains through this coming week, reaching as far south as Texas.
Cold weather alerts are in effect for 40 million people from North Dakota to Texas.
By Tuesday morning, sub-zero wind chills will be felt across portions of 24 states.
Dozens of record-low temperatures are possible in the central United States from Tuesday through Friday, with actual lows as cold as minus 30 degrees in parts of North Dakota and Minnesota.
