Eastern U.S. heat wave causes power outages
Storms, which unleashed hurricane-force winds across a 500-mile (800-km) stretch of the mid-Atlantic region, including Washington D.C., Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia.
The storms' rampage was followed by roasting temperatures that topped 100 Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) in several southern cities, including Atlanta, where the mercury hit 106 degrees (41 Celsius), according to Accuweather.com.
In Maryland, about 800,000 customers lost power, with outages reported throughout the state, Hopkins said.
Ohio, where one storm-related death was reported, faced similar difficulties. Outages hit two-thirds of the state with about 1 million homes and businesses left without electricity. Governor John Kasich said it could take a week to fully restore power.
West Virginia was also hard hit by storm-related outages, with about 614,000 customers without power, said Terrance Lively, spokesman for the state emergency management agency.
Further north, the storm caused outages from Indiana, where 135,000 customers lost power, to New Jersey, where Atlantic County declared a state of emergency and at least 206,000 customers were without power.
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