East Coast Storms Kill 1 and Spawn 2 Tornadoes as Flood Threat Shifts South
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Updated · Fox Weather · Aug 21
East Coast Storms Kill 1 and Spawn 2 Tornadoes as Flood Threat Shifts South
3 articles · Updated · Fox Weather · Aug 21
Summary
2 tornadoes and widespread flash flooding hit the I-95 corridor Thursday evening, with a Colorado man killed by lightning in Cape Charles, Virginia, as storms snarled the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic commute.
2-3 inches of rain an hour flooded New York City highways and Subway stations, while a tornado damaged buildings and cut power in Dover, Delaware, and another struck Long Beach, New York.
Friday's threat shifts into the Mid-Atlantic and Carolinas, where forecasters expect afternoon and evening storms capable of heavy rain and wind gusts up to 70 mph.
Level 2 of 5 severe-storm risk covers central North Carolina and South Carolina, while a Level 2 of 4 flash-flood threat reaches into southern and central Virginia.
Saturday puts Philadelphia and Washington in the flood bull's-eye as the front stalls, with a broader East Coast flood risk extending into Sunday as far north as Boston and Portland, Maine.