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East Coast urged to prepare for severe weather

Important Takeaways:

  • 130 million in the East brace for severe weather outbreak Monday as Washington sees highest threat in 10 years
  • More than 130 million Americans from New England to the Southeast are bracing for a turbulent afternoon and evening as powerful thunderstorms capable of producing hurricane-force wind gusts, large hail and possible tornadoes develop and race across the eastern U.S., including Washington D.C. which is now seeing its highest severe weather threat since June 2013.
  • The FOX Forecast Center says a cold front is pushing off to the east from the Ohio Valley. As instability forms along the front, it’s creating an environment ripe for severe thunderstorms to develop and sweep across the region.

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Severe storm in Arlington, Texas causes damage to property

(Reuters) – Authorities in Arlington, Texas were responding to reports of collapsed buildings and flying debris after strong winds swept through the southern U.S. state on Tuesday night.

“Our units are currently assessing the structures, triaging potential patients, and moving to other reported locations,” the city’s fired department said, while the police were determining the extent of damages.

There were no immediate reports of casualties.

Earlier, the National Weather service had issued a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of Texas, along with Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma.

Tornado warnings were in place for areas in Dallas, Tarrant, Denton and Arlington but have since been lifted.

(Reporting by Radhika Anilkumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Toby Chopra)