Severe Weather Disrupts US, Hawaii Floods

A widespread severe weather event is impacting the United States, bringing successive punches of snow and wind to the eastern half of the nation, making roads impassable in the Upper Midwest, and causing severe flooding in United States===Hawaii. Forecasters from the United States===National Weather Service warned of high winds and tornadoes in mid-Atlantic states and Washington, D.C., with a cold front expected to bring sharply colder weather to the East Coast. Blizzard conditions are persisting in parts of Wisconsin and Michigan, with significant snowfall. The storms have led to thousands of flight cancellations and delays at major airports like Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, O Hare International Airport, Midway International Airport, and Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Over 250,000 utility customers in Great Lakes states and another half-million from Texas to Kentucky are without electricity. In Nebraska, National Guard members were deployed to combat wildfires. United States===Hawaii continues to experience severe flooding, with acres of farmland and homes affected, and roads closed.