
More than 130,000 without power in Northeast as damaging winds sweep through region
CNN
More than 130,000 homes and businesses in the Northeast were without power early Tuesday morning after a line of strong storms brought soaking rain and damaging winds to the region.
More than 65 million people from the mountains of North Carolina to Cape Cod, including Washington, DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York, were under wind advisories overnight as forecasters warned gusts of up to 50 mph were possible, raising the potential for tree damage and dangerous road conditions.
There were reports of 60-70 mph gusts in Pennsylvania and New York, CNN Meteorologist Michael Guy said.

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before rushing waters swept away children and counselors, a review by The Associated Press found.

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