More destructive storms expected as over 450,000 remain without power
More than 450,000 customers are without power Friday morning, from Michigan to Virginia as severe weather is expected to continue.
Over 275,000 outages have been reported in Michigan alone.
Damaging winds from severe storms may take down trees and power lines from Michigan to North Carolina.
The level of risk is 2 of 5 for areas including Detroit, Michigan; Columbus, Ohio; Washington, D.C.; Cleveland, Ohio; Pittsburgh; Charleston, West Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; and Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Storms will be scattered in the afternoon for this corridor but become more organized overnight, after midnight.
Severe thunderstorms on Thursday created powerful wind gusts between 60 and 75 mph from the Dakotas to Delaware, snapping hundreds of trees and power lines.
Extensive damage has been reported in east Detroit, Hamtramck, and Belle Isle, Michigan. The National Weather Service will survey the damage on Friday to determine if a tornado hit the area or if it was a destructive thunderstorm wind event. The last time a tornado hit Detroit was July 1997.
On Saturday, the level 2 of 5 risk is from Lexington, Kentucky, to Wilmington, North Carolina; also including Charlotte, Raleigh and Greensboro.
Damaging wind is once again the main threat and flash flooding is possible.
On Sunday, much of the country gets a break from severe weather as only a level 1 of 5 threat is in place for the Northern Plains surrounding the Dakotas area.
Flooding is possible on Sunday around Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park and the Grand Canyon National Park. Anyone in these areas of northern Arizona and southern Utah should be weather-aware, as heavy thunderstorms can quickly create a flash flood.
