LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A spring-like storm system that killed at least three people as it spawned tornadoes and damaged dozens of homes in the central U.S. rumbled eastward Wednesday, putting about 95 million people in its path, forecasters said.

The compact but strong storms, known as supercells, raked parts of Arkansas, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee on Tuesday and Wednesday. Meanwhile, wind-whipped wildfires destroyed homes in Texas.

Forecasters with the Storm Prediction Center said severe thunderstorms that could spawn tornadoes were expected in parts of Kentucky and Tennessee on Wednesday morning before moving into mid-Atlantic states and southern New England. New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Atlanta and Washington, D.C. could also be affected.

The storm system killed at least two people in Illinois and one in Missouri. In Arkansas, emergency managers said 10 to 15 people were injured in White County, about 45 miles northeast of Little Rock, and minor injuries were reported at a prison in the northeastern part of the state.