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A blizzard continues blasting the Plains and Midwest with heavy snow and tropical storm-force winds. Driving was near impossible and first responders who tried to keep the roads clear shivered in below-zero wind chills.

Powerful Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall in North Carolina early Saturday morning at near-hurricane-force strength, lashing a large swath of the mid-Atlantic with blistering winds, heavy rains and dangerous storm surge.

Static live cameras captured the storm surge

 

Storm surge flooding has already reached several feet high in some areas ahead of the Category 3 hurricanes landfall.

The famous home, where the great American scribe wrote 70 per cent of his published works, has been struck by debris and suffered superficial wind damage, according to the Hemingway Museum.

A map of the Maritime provinces was a main feature on U.S. cable news ahead of Hurricane Fiona’s arrival, as storm chasers raced to the region ahead of its landfall.

Hurricane Ida had a 9 foot storm surge with three to five foot waves on top of it at Frenier Landing on the West side of Lake Pontchartrain.

The work of the late Don Nedobeck, whose whimsical art regularly delighted festival goers, will also be displayed.

Hurricane Ida is expected to make landfall along Louisiana’s coast over the weekend, which also marks<a href="https://www.click2houston.com/news/world/2021/08/27/tropical-storm-ida-a-hurricane-menace-to-new-orleans/"> the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina</a>.