Dive Summary:
- The T-shaped storm started Wednesday night, sweeping through Missouri, damaging dozens of homes in St. Louis county and snuffing power to more than 23,000 homes and businesses by Thursday.
- An Ameren Missouri utility worker was electrocuted while conducting repairs, Ameren reported. Two additional fatalities have occurred across the storm's warpath.
- The spring storm moved to the Southeast, toppling trees and power lines in rural Alabama and Mississippi. A tornado watch remains in effect in the Carolinas where people have reported golf- and baseball-sized hail.
From the article:
"In Minnesota, Gov. Mark Dayton declared a state of emergency Thursday after a spring snowstorm heaped more headaches on the southwestern corner of the state, where communities are still struggling to restore power following an ice storm earlier in the week. Officials said it might be early next week before electricity was restored in the southwest."