Coastal areas from Maryland to Maine remained under flood warnings Saturday as a powerful storm moved hundreds of miles out into the Atlantic Ocean. The deadly nor’easter has inundated roads, snapped trees, and knocked out power to more than 2 million homes and businesses. So far, the storm has claimed seven lives, including two children. A man and a 6-year-old boy were killed in Virginia, while an 11-year-old boy in New York state and a man in Rhode Island died. A 77-year-old woman in Baltimore died after a branch from a tree in her yard struck her.

A storm system that stretched from Texas to the Canadian Maritime Provinces brought deadly tornadoes and flooding to parts of the United States this past weekend. Flooding caused three deaths in Michigan and Kentucky, and two people died in tornadoes in Kentucky and Arkansas. The storms hit hardest in the Upper Midwest and Appalachia. More than 20,000 people lost power in Michigan, and the governors of Missouri, Indiana, and Illinois declared disaster emergencies.

A winter storm sweeping across the upper Midwest could dump as much as a foot of snow over Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan by Friday night. Parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Ohio also expect heavy snowfall. The storm prompted nearly 800 flight cancellations at Chicago’s O’Hare International and Midway airports. As conditions on the roadways deteriorated, officials closed the eastbound lanes of Interstate 94 near Ann Arbor, Mich., after a multi-vehicle pileup. Government offices and schools across the region closed. In Chicago, officials gave the city’s 390,000 students a snow day.

Punxsutawney Phil, the official oracle of Groundhog Day, predicted six more weeks of winter Friday morning. The legend goes that if the groundhog does not see his shadow, spring will arrive in two weeks. But in the past 130 years, Phil and his forebears have forecast an early spring only 18 times. Still, the annual rodent watch gives residents in Punxsutawney, Pa., a fun excuse for a winter fete. Thousands of people gathered overnight in freezing temperatures to await the forecast, entertained by folk music and a fireworks display.

Winter weather continued to wreak havoc across the South on Thursday, even as temperatures began to creep above freezing. Officials in Atlanta canceled 200 flights at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, the world’s busiest. Another 700 flights failed to take off or land there Wednesday after the storm blanketed the city with snow and ice. In New Orleans, officials issued a boil water notice for most of the city after broken pipes caused a drop in pressure.

At least 15 people are dead due to Tuesday’s mudslides in Southern California, Santa Barbara County spokeswoman Yaneris Muniz said early Wednesday. At least 25 people are injured, four in severely critical condition. The search for survivors continued through the night, but is expanding with the arrival of a major search and rescue team from Los Angeles County and help from the U.S. Coast Guard and National Guard. Flash flooding in the Santa Ynex Mountains early Tuesday morning triggered the pre-dawn mudslides that smashed homes and swept away cars in the Montecito.

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