By Amy Graff NYTimes News Service
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A sprawling storm was bringing powerful winds, snow and freezing conditions from the Midwest to the Northeast on Monday, causing power outages and disrupting travel as conditions were expected to worsen through the week.

As one storm was moving away from New England — and was expected to continue producing strong, gusty winds across the Northeast and Great Lakes over the next couple of days — the next winter storm was hitting the Central Plains and Midwest on Monday. It was likely then moving to the mid-Atlantic by Wednesday and the Northeast by Thursday.

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Millions were under extreme cold warnings, from the Upper Midwest and Plains down to Oklahoma and parts of Texas. High temperatures were expected to remain below freezing for many areas between central Texas and the southern mid-Atlantic, the National Weather Service said.

The lowest wind chills over the next few days are forecast from northeast Montana to North Dakota, where the weather service predicted it would feel as cold as 60 degrees below zero.

“This level of cold is life threatening and could shortly lead to frostbite and hypothermia,” the weather service said.

By midweek, lows across much of the Northeast, Midwest, and parts of the southern Plains, including Oklahoma and northwest Texas, were expected to dip into the single digits.

In North Dakota, Gov. Kelly Armstrong signed an executive order waiving service requirements for drivers of commercial vehicles hauling propane and other petroleum products that could be used for heating, his office said Monday.

At least 10 people died as a result of severe weather in the South over the weekend, which included flooding in parts of Tennessee and Kentucky. In some flooded areas, temperatures had already dropped below freezing, and would continue to drop, said David Roth, a meteorologist with the weather service.

The floodwaters could become icy, slowing their retreat, Roth added, noting that the bitter conditions would persist through Friday.

In southwest Detroit, where temperatures had already dropped to the single digits, a broken water main flooded roads and homes in the region, city officials said. Photos and videos posted to social media appeared to show residents being rescued by boat from icy waters that reached up to car windows.

In Nebraska, a state trooper was killed in a car crash while responding to another crash, the Nebraska State Patrol said on social media. The crash was related to the severe weather, a representative from the State Patrol said. Further details were not immediately available Monday.

High wind warnings were in effect across the Northeast, from parts of Delaware to northeastern Maine, until Monday evening.

Gusts in Nantucket, Massachusetts, had reached 52 mph, and at least 40 mph in Provincetown, Massachusetts, Newark, New Jersey, and in parts of Pennsylvania, Roth said.

Blizzard warnings also remained in effect for the western slopes of the central Appalachian Mountains because of strong winds, although they were expected to taper off later Monday.

The American Avalanche Association and the U.S. Forest Service’s National Avalanche Center warned of a high risk of avalanche in some parts of Colorado, Wyoming and Utah, including near Salt Lake City.

Winds on Sunday delivered gusts approaching or exceeding hurricane strength, including 76 mph gusts at Camp David, located about 1,841 feet in the Catoctin Mountains in northern Frederick County, Maryland, according to the weather service. Sustained hurricane force winds start at 74 mph.

Wind gusts of 71 mph were recorded at Atlantic City International Airport on Sunday, according to the weather service. At Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, the winds were recorded up to 65 mph, said Connor Belak, a meteorologist with the weather service.

One woman died in Philadelphia after a tree fell onto her vehicle Sunday evening, the Philadelphia Police Department said.

The high winds led to widespread power outages across much of the mid-Atlantic, according to Poweroutage.us, which tracks power outages.

Travel was largely back to normal Monday after hundreds of flights were delayed or canceled in New York on Sunday, according to the airline tracking website FlightAware.

This article originally appeared in The New York Times.

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