Hurricane Ida was weakening as it headed for the Gulf Coast but could still pack hurricane winds and storm surges when it hits the shore Monday night or early Tuesday.
The National Weather Service has confirmed it was a tornado that tore through a coastal area of Lincoln City in northwestern Oregon, damaging about a dozen homes.
Newly born Hurricane Ida has ripped into Nicaragua's Atlantic coast, destroying several dozen homes and forcing the evacuation of more than 3,000 people.
The National Weather Service said Thursday morning that a hurricane warning was issued for the east coast of Nicaragua from Bluefields to Puerto Cabezas.
State Climatologist Mary Knapp says a blizzard that dropped 30 inches of snow on Pratt County in March set a record for the most snow in a 24-hour period in the state's history.
Tropical storm Ida has formed in the southwest Caribbean, quickly adding muscle and prompting storm warnings for the coast of Nicaragua and two Colombian islands.
One man is dead and a landmark church steeple toppled onto a car in Louisiana after a line of thunderstorms spawned several tornadoes there and in neighboring Arkansas.
Baja California's glitzy resorts may have avoided a direct hit but Tropical Storm Rick still threatens to trigger dangerous flash floods and mud slides when it hits western Mexico.
Rick, which had been an extremely dangerous Category 5 hurricane at one point, is weakening in the Pacific and its maximum sustained winds have decreased to 65 mph (100 kph).
A winter weather advisory is in effect for the northwest corner of KAKEland. Managing Meteorologist Jay Prater says the possibility exists of some areas seeing as much as 5 inches of snow.
