Two people died Tuesday evening during storms in Pennsylvania, authorities announced.
A man of Pittsburgh was electrocuted by living threads around 7 p.m. while another man, a 22 -year -old from State College was electrocuted when he turned off a mulch fire caused by living threads who were overturned due to bad weather.
Meanwhile, several violent meteorological events hit the Midwest and the heart, because more than 280 winds from the destructive straight line above 70 MPH were reported from Texas to New York with a large hail in Texas, and an event of wind more than 500 miles long left at least one dead and hundreds of thousands without electricity from Indiana to Pennsylvania.
Three tornadoes have also been confirmed through Oklahoma and Missouri, although others can still be confirmed.
Elsewhere, a long-term destructive storm event, known as Derecho, has traveled more than 500 miles from eastern Indiana through the center of Pennsylvania on Tuesday afternoon while the wind won between 55 and 80 MPH while the storm complex of more than 60 miles dropped the trees and the electric lines along its destructive trajectory.
Many Western and central Pennsylvania schools operate on a delay or have canceled lessons for Wednesday, because more than 400,000 state customers remain without electricity at 4 am in Ohio, more than 50,000 are without electricity.
The hail measuring 5 inches in diameter was reported in Guthrie, Texas, where winds won more than 100 MPH near Seymour, Texas, and up to 90 MPH near Nixa and Willard, Missouri.
An EF-1 tornado also struck near Collinsville, in Oklahoma, destroying outbuildings, taking roofs and unraveling the trees.
East Prairie, Missouri – April 07: An aerial view presents the surrounding flood waters on April 07, 2025 at East Prairie, Missouri. Thunderstorms, heavy rains, strong winds and tornadoes have tormented the region in recent days, causing generalized damage before moving east.
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At Missouri, an EF-1 hit Verona and a Hit Nixa EF-0. The Tornado of Verona has uprooted large trees and caused significant damage to several buildings.
Oklahoma City is on the right track towards its wet April ever recorded, the city, the city received 11 inches of rain on Wednesday, and the record is 11.91 ”from April 1947.
Heavy thunderstorms, as well as violent storms, still slam northern Texas and certain parts of Oklahoma this morning, similar to Tuesday, and a serious thunderstorm watch is in place until 8 am, local time for Lawton and Wichita Falls.
Tuesday, 2 to 4 inches of rain fell from northern Texas to Oklahoma City and, during the last week, this area had seen 800% of its normal precipitation for this period of the year, with lightning flood warnings throughout the region.
A flooded watch also remains in force in northern Texas in the center of Missouri for more than 9 million people on Wednesday.
On Thursday, there is a chance for even more serious storms from San Antonio, Texas, in Buffalo, New York, with a damaging wind and a large hail being the main risks.
However, on Saturday, this system will be much less severe, but many light rains are expected from the Gulf to the northeast for a soggy Saturday.
