At least two people were reported to have died as heavy rains soaked the region. More thunderstorms were expected on Thursday.

A least two people drowned when their vehicles were caught in floodwaters in Oklahoma on Wednesday as slow-moving thunderstorms inundated roads across parts of that state and Texas, authorities said,

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A powerful storm downed trees and power lines, leaving more than a half million customers in Pennsylvania, Ohio and neighboring states in the dark on Wednesday morning, with local officials

More than 425,000 customers were without power in Pennsylvania and another 40,000 were in the dark in Ohio by midday Wednesday, according to PowerOutage.us, a website that tracks outages. Neighboring states,