CNN
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A powerful and sprawling storm is moving across the country and spawning severe thunderstorms with hurricane-force wind gusts that are knocking out power and causing damage Tuesday morning.
Tens of millions of people across the central and southern US are at risk Tuesday of severe thunderstorms, tornadoes and fire weather on the storm’s warm side and blizzard conditions on its cold side.
Here’s the latest:
• Widespread power outages: Severe thunderstorms rocked the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex around sunrise with wind gusts up to 78 mph. An 87 mph wind gust blew through southern Oklahoma. Over 400,000 homes and business lost power in…