At least two people were killed and nearly half a million homes and businesses remained without power early on Tuesday, after several states along the East Coast—stretching from New York to Georgia—were struck by severe storms on Monday evening.
Storm clouds darken the sky over the Washington Monument in Washington.
A 15-year-old in South Carolina was killed after the heavy winds and downpour caused a large tree to fall on him and a 28-year-old man in Alabama died after being struck by lightning.
The extreme weather caused more than a million homes to lose power on Monday evening, and nearly 480,000 homes remained without power early on Tuesday, according to Poweroutage.us.
More than 29.5 million people—from Alabama to New York—were under a Tornado watch on Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
Apart from severe rainfall and winds, flooding and “ping pong ball size” hail were reported along the path of the storm.
1,759. That is the total number of flights that were canceled across the country on Monday—a majority of them due to the storms—according to FlightAware’s tracker.