At least four people died across four states as a powerful storm battered parts of the East Coast over the weekend and stretched into the Northeast Monday, knocking out power, washing out roads and prompting one community’s evacuation, reports CNN.
A 72-year-old woman died in South Carolina after her vehicle was submerged in water during storms.
The city coroner’s office said the death was storm-related. The area received more than six inches of rain on Sunday.
In Pennsylvania, a 73-year-old man died early Monday after his vehicle was also submerged in high water after heavy rainfall.
A 40-year-old man died in Maine on Monday after he went to his roof to clear off a large tree piece that fell during a windstorm and was struck by another piece of a tree.
In Massachusetts, an 89-year-old man was killed Monday after “high winds and rain caused a tree to collapse” on a small travel trailer in Plymouth County, according to the area’s district attorney.
The storm system unleashed strong winds and heavy rain across the Northeast Monday, dumping 2-4 inches of water over much of the region within 24 hours, with reports of more than five inches of water reported just northwest of New York City.
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