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General Category => National/Breaking News => Weather => Topic started by: 240B on November 16, 2020, 12:39:12 am
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Weather.com
By Ron Brackett
less than an hour ago
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More than three-quarters of a million homes and businesses were left without electricity Sunday when strong winds and severe thunderstorms blasted through the Midwest and into the East.
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said a 63-year-old woman was killed about 12:50 p.m. Sunday in Harrison Township, Ohio, when she was hit by a falling tree, The Associated Press reported.
Ohio had more than 336,000 outages and Michigan reported 233,000 customers without power as of about 6 p.m. Sunday, according to poweroutage.us. Pennsylvania reported more than 100,000 outages. Altogether, more than 792,000 customers from Illinois to New York lost power.
The high winds were being whipped up as a vigorous jet-stream disturbance drove a strong cold front through the Midwest and Northeast, according to weather.com meteorologists.
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