Relentless severe storms continue to batter Midwest, Mid-Atlantic following widespread power outages
Severe thunderstorms are reigniting over more than 30 million people across parts of the Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic coast, largely part of the same corridor that was slammed by Thursday's storms that left over 500,000 customers without power early Friday.
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Severe thunderstorms are reigniting over more than 30 million people across parts of the Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic coast, largely part of the same corridor that was slammed by Thursday's storms that left over 500,000 customers without power early Friday.
The relentless severe weather threat is expected to shift farther south through the holiday weekend.
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The outages were concentrated primarily in the Detroit metropolitan area and southeastern Pennsylvania, including Pittsburgh, early Friday.
Strong wind gusts produced a 470-mile swath of damage reports from southern Michigan to Delaware.
Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield said severe storms caused "significant damage" to parts of the city. Aerial images shared by the mayor's social media account showed at least one building destroyed and another with its roof torn off.
Buffalo, New York, set a daily rain record with over 3 inches of rain. Pockets of flash flooding were seen across the city.
Firefighters and police went door-to-door in parts of Springfield, Ohio, rescuing people after intense thunderstorms caused flash flooding.
The Pittsburgh Public Safety Department said heavy rain caused flooding that brought down trees and power lines.
Strong wind gusts took down numerous trees in the nation's capital. A large tree fell on a row house in Washington, D.C.'s Capitol Hill neighborhood Thursday night. The DC Fire and EMS Department said everyone was evacuated safely.
The severe weather pattern began Tuesday and has pounded parts of the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic with days of rain, damaging wind gusts and hail.
Storms are riding along the northern edge of a heat dome that's anchored over the Central Mississippi Valley, fueling the stormy pattern.
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NOAA's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has issued a Level 2 out of 5 risk of severe thunderstorms across a corridor from southern Michigan to northern North Carolina on Friday.
The heat dome will finally begin to break down Saturday, and storms will shift into the Carolinas by Saturday afternoon.
Another Level 2 severe storm covers North and South Carolina, including Raleigh, Charlotte and Columbia.
"As storms move eastward across the region, flash flooding will remain possible but should be more isolated," the FOX Forecast Center said.
A Level 1 out of 4 flash flood risk is in place for Saturday.
Into Sunday, as millions celebrate the holiday weekend, storms will continue shifting south along the East Coast, targeting South Carolina and Georgia, where a level 2/5 severe storm threat is also present.
As a slow-moving cold front pushes south, cities such as Charleston and Savannah will face the threat of strong to severe thunderstorms capable of producing damaging wind gusts and downbursts.
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