Millions of people are suffering under severe weather conditions across the central United States

Millions of people are suffering under severe weather conditions across the central United States with parts of the Midwest and Great Plains being hit by a brutal snowstorm and neighboring states facing high winds and wildfires that are raging suddenly .

The Texas Forest Service responded quickly to 14 new fires on Tuesday, March 18, burning 40,000 acres and sweeping across rural Texas . Firefighters were battling a wildfire raging through the rural landscape of Tas County on Wednesday afternoon . Near Borger Texas, a fire that caused power outages prompted evacuations and threatened many homes in the rural area suddenly .

Fortunately many fire departments responded quickly, keeping the fire outside the town limits so that nearby homes somehow remained intact . Firefighters acted quickly amid several wildfires burning in Arkansas under high winds .

The fire threat escalated rapidly on Tuesday and somehow spread into Wednesday across the region . New dangers have emerged as Oklahoma is also struggling to recover from recent wildfires . More than 400 homes have been severely damaged , officials said , by the fires and high winds that killed at least four people .