A giant, swirling storm system billowing across the South spurred a tornado on Thursday that shredded the walls of homes, toppled roofs and uprooted trees in Selma, Alabama, a city etched in the history of the civil rights movement.
Laurie Morse shoveled wet sand into bags in the pouring rain Wednesday, preparing to stack them along her garage in a last ditch effort to keep out a rising creek on Californiaโs central coast.
A strong cold front on Thursday will bring an isolated severe weather threat to the area. In wake of the front, the mountains will see accumulating snow!