Overview
- A 32-year-old man was killed by a lightning strike while outdoors during the storms on Tuesday, officials said.
- Storms dumped 3 to 6 inches of rain across eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York, with a reported high of 6 inches in Warren County, New Jersey, triggering numerous flash-flood warnings and water rescues.
- Rail and air travel were hit hard as Amtrak suspended Empire/Hudson Line service between New York City and Albany because of high water and debris on tracks, and airlines canceled more than 1,700 flights nationwide.
- Power systems and local infrastructure suffered major damage, including a blown transformer fire in Hackensack that destroyed vehicles and left more than 1,000 customers without power, while New Jersey reported roughly 500,000 outage reports and deployed mutual-aid crews to restore service.
- National Weather Service teams confirmed a tornado in Trappe, Maryland, and forecasters warned that Connecticut, central Massachusetts and southern Vermont could see extremely heavy rain rates that raise the risk of additional flash flooding and more travel and utility disruptions.