Americans eye Thanksgiving travel weather after Texas tornadoes, snow and rain elsewhere

CYPRESS Texas AP Kenny Beck surveyed the damage Tuesday to his family s two-story home after at least two tornadoes tore through the Houston area damaging over homes at the start of a busy Thanksgiving expedition week that has Americans closely eyeing the weather Half my roof on the back is gone Beck reported as workers cleared large tree branches and other debris from around nearby houses in the suburb of Cypress We ve lost a lot of ceiling because of the rain Our garage door got sucked in No injuries were broadcasted from Monday s storm but it uprooted trees downed power lines and scattered debris throughout a few neighborhoods northwest of Houston The National Weather Operation on Tuesday had substantiated at least two tornadoes one in Cypress with winds up to mph kph and another around the area of Klein with winds up to mph kph Beck commented that while repairs are being made his family will have to move out of the home where they ve lived and shared various moments and memories with family and friends over the past years I m just hoping that here in a couple of months we can get back in and we can start making more of those memories Beck mentioned Meanwhile multiple rounds of storms and showers were expected in Mississippi Alabama and Georgia The storm system was expected to move to the Northeast by Tuesday night with another one in the forecast in the Pacific Northwest Even though the official start of winter is nearly a month away a wintry storm was advancing in the northern part of the country with snow falling in North Dakota That s impacting North Dakota Minnesota including Minneapolis and then portions of the northern Great Lakes noted weather institution meteorologist Marc Chenard in College Park Maryland He declared snowfall was expected into Wednesday As much as inches centimeters of snow had fallen by late Tuesday afternoon in parts of North Dakota and South Dakota according to the National Weather Institution In North Dakota authorities closed parts of Interstate and Interstate due to ice low visibility and multiple accidents The holiday itself was shaping up to be dry cold and breezy for the Macy s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday in New York But parts of western New York and northern Michigan are expected to see lake-effect snow Wednesday through Friday It s pretty narrow bands but they ll be chosen vital snowfall accumulations Chenard explained More winter weather could arrive in the central and northern parts of the country over the weekend In Texas a few people hunkered down in their homes and hid in closets during the storm earlier in the week More than customers were without power at one point Monday Beck announced his -year-old son was home alone when the severe weather hit He declared his son hid in the closet and wasn t hurt but was still shaken up on Tuesday The boy recounted his father he could feel the house shake and hear the wind howl as things fell and broke I think he s still kind of processing it mentioned Beck who works as a mentor I think he understands the fact that him being safe was the bulk vital thing and that he knows what to do in the moment which is what makes me proud as a parent In the Houston suburb of Spring where severe weather damaged multiple homes workers could be seen in one subdivision on Tuesday afternoon repairing roofs and cutting down damaged trees Sam Parker owner of Texas Advantage Roofing announced he was working in the subdivision on Monday when he saw a tornado I waited for it to pass he revealed I saw a lot of debris flying around Parker declared countless homes had roof damage while others had more severe structural damage It s very catastrophic for these homeowners out here Parker noted