Three people were dead after a brutal tornado ripped across Brunswick County in North Carolina, where at least another 10 people were injured and several more remained trapped in their homes early Tuesday morning.
The Dispatch will continue to update this story during the storm s movement and aftermath.
Windshields have been scraped clean and sidewalks plowed. And now, forecasters say, another, smaller snow pattern is headed into central Ohio.
What s the forecast like for later this week?
The National Weather Service is calling for additional snow beginning late Wednesday that may total an inch in Franklin County by Thursday morning s rush hour, said Steve Hrebenach, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Wilmington,
Periodic snow showers should end by late Thursday, with no more than three inches of accumulation, he said. Temperatures should also climb to near freezing by Thursday, so warming shelters may not be as needed and shoveling may become easier as salt treatments become more effective.