Low-income renters were especially vulnerable to the fallout from Sandy, which developed into a large weather system affecting both coastal and interior portions of the East Coast in late October.

FORBES: Low-Income Housing Hit Hardest By Superstorm Sandy

The T-shaped system first swept across the nation's midsection Wednesday night and pummeled portions of Missouri, where the National Weather Service said Thursday that an EF-2 tornado appears to have damaged dozens of homes in the St.

NPR: Severe Storms Sock Midwest, Push East; 2 Dead

"Due to strong and persistent northerly winds, coastal flooding along portions of the Great Lakes is possible, " the National Weather Service warned.

WSJ: Superstorm Sandy Cuts Wide Swath of Damage

The National Weather Service predicts accumulations of up to a quarter-inch of ice across portions of Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia and the Carolinas.

CNN: Fierce cold 'a constant blast in the face' for many