Winter is back with dangerous winds causing wildfires, property damage, power outages

Winter is making a comeback as a fast-moving clipper storm continues to unleash gusty winds and areas of snow from the Midwest to the interior Northeast.

Hundreds of thousands of people were left without power Saturday after high winds raked eastward from the Great Lakes region, leaving trees down and substantial property damage in their wake. Farther west, at least one person died in a massive wind-driven wildfire in Nebraska.

About 346,00 customers were still without electricity as of the late afternoon in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan, according to PowerOutage.us …

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