We’re talking weeks, months, even longer in all this cleanup,” Nevada’s city manager said. “It’s going to be a massive job.”

Ozarks First Weather Team

Violent storms cut through a wide swath of the South and Midwest, spawning tornadoes and killing at least one person, knocking down power lines and trees and ripping roofs off homes. Dozens of tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings were issued Wednesday in parts of Arkansas,

The National Weather Service issued a tornado emergency, the most severe type of warning that exists, in Lake City, Arkansas.

By Wednesday, an area encompassing 70 million people from Texas to Illinois and Ohio will be in the storm's crosshairs. Meanwhile, a late-season winter storm on Tuesday unloaded heavy snow and gusty winds across the northern Plains,

Millions in the Heartland are bracing for the storm, potentially bringing a combination of tornadoes and life-threatening flooding across several states.