Powerful storm causes damage from Texas to Pennsylvania
The Peninsula
USA: A potent storm system which unleashed at least 20 tornadoes and caused serious flash flooding from Texas to Pennsylvania is finally pulling a...
USA: A potent storm system - which unleashed at least 20 tornadoes and caused serious flash flooding from Texas to Pennsylvania - is finally pulling away.
The system spawned its first severe thunderstorms in Texas just after the total solar eclipse on Monday afternoon. It concluded with a spattering of flash flood and tornado warnings along the Eastern Seaboard Thursday night into Friday morning.
Population centers hit by damaging tornadoes included Katy and Port Arthur in Texas; Lake Charles and Slidell in Louisiana; near Mobile, Ala; and St. Augustine, Fla.
Powerful winds along the system’s path - topping 70 to 80 mph in some cases - cut power to several hundred thousand customers, with Louisiana being the hardest-hit state.
There were still nearly 20,000 customers in the dark there midday Friday and another 50,000 without electricity from Virginia to New York, which saw gusty storms Thursday night.