As of Sunday, 91 people had died from weather-related causes in the past week, as freezing weather blanketed the country over the weekend, a CBS News report said.
The Tennessee Department of Health confirmed 25 weather-related deaths as of Sunday to The Tennessean, part of the USA Today network. CBS also reported 16 deaths in Oregon.
The network also reported deaths in:
- illinois
- Kentucky
- Mississippi
- New York
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- Washington
- wisconsin
The National Weather Service said moisture will move north, bringing heavy rain/freezing rain to portions of the southern Plains and lower/middle Mississippi Valley from Sunday evening into Monday evening.
NWS Forecast
Warm weather provides melting and comfort
In what UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain has called a “weather strike,” a significant rise in temperatures is expected across the continental United States next week. Meteorologists say above-average temperatures will extend across the country, with highs in the 60s or 70s in some places in the South.
The National Weather Service said there will be no additional replenishment of Arctic air from Canada, so “persistent warmth” will begin in the middle of the country by Sunday.
“As high (pressure) declines to the east, and (a cavity of warm air) intensifies during this period, the warm air will eventually prevail and cause a p-type transition to normal rain, potentially as far north as Indiana and Ohio,” the weather service said. Sunday.
Meteorologists said the warmth will also bring a chance of flooding due to rainfall and melting snow.
Contribution: Doyle Rice, Janine Santucci
