Maine town buried under a foot of snow as nor’easter batters east coast
Two people were killed in Pennsylvania when the storm caused trees to fall on their cars
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At least four people were killed after tornadoes and severe storms tore through several states this week.
Widespread thunderstorms rolled across the central and eastern US on Tuesday bringing tennis ball-sized hail, pounding rain and dangerous winds to at least 75 million people.
After lashing parts of Texas, Illinois and Oklahoma, the weather system moved from the northern parts of Indiana and Ohio and western Pennsylvania on its track east, with tornadoes touching down in Georgia, Ohio and Tennessee.
On Wednesday, two people were killed in Pennsylvania when the storm caused trees to fall on their cars, WPVI reported.
Meanwhile, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear confirmed that at least one victim was killed in the state – as the weather caused a car accident.
After two days of heavy rain, thunderstorms, hail, and tornadoes, the east-ward moving storm system has now hit the US east coast, with severe weather hammering Florida up through New England and the northern border states.
As of Thursday morning, 137,000 homes in Maine were without power after a powerful Nor’easter hammered the state.
Gorilla hail pounds cars on highways in Texas
Video posted by meteorologist Reed Timmer shows large hail making driving conditions risky in Texas.
“Gorilla hail northwest of DFW with supercell causing chaos on the highways near Justin, TX!” he wrote.
Photo: Texas sees hail size of golf balls
Large hail fell in North Texas overnight with some stones as large as a golf ball or bigger, photos and videos show.
The National Weather Service had earlier warned that some hailstones could exceed 2 inches in diameter and destructive winds could reach speeds of up to 75 mph.
WATCH: Atlanta weather: Severe storm threat Tuesday
Watch: Palm size hail in Texas
Video shared by journalist Tiffany Liou shows hail the size of a palm falling in Texas.
“It started a pea size,” Ms Liou said in a video. “Then we got bigger ones, golf ball size.” “This one is huge,” she said, comparing with a coin.
50 million Americans under storm threats
More than 50 million Americans are currently facing the threat of severe storms this week, with risks of tornadoes, flooding and snowstorms sweeping central and eastern US.
Thunderstorms and possible tornadoes were forecast to develop across much of the eastern US on Tuesday, from the Gulf Coast to the Ohio Valley according to the National Weather Service.
The storms, which began on Monday, are expected to shift east on Tuesday, heading for the likes of Memphis, Tennessee, Washington DC and Baltimore, as well as the midwest and Gulf region.
Severe thunderstorm warning in effect for parts of Kentucky, including Lexington
Lexington, Richmond, and Nicholasville, Kentucky, are all under a severe thunderstorm warning until 10:15am this morning.
The storms are part of a broader weather system that began dumping rain — and in some places sizable hail — across much of the eastern half of the US.
WATCH: Rotating storms swirl over Missouri
Storm footage shows severe thunderstorm with frequent lightning this morning in Indiana
The storm system that began on Monday is moving across much of the eastern US today, bringing severe weather from the Gulf Coast to the midwest and the Ohio Valley.
Footage shared by WeatherNation on Twitter shows Bloomington, Indiana, as it was doused with rain during a thunderstorm earlier this morning. The constant crackling of thunder and rapid-fire flashes of lightning illustrate the severity of the storm.
Millions of Americans are under severe weather watches until later this evening as the storms continue to press across the nation.
WATCH: Severe storms arrive late to Oklahoma
More than 14,000 customers without power in Memphis
Severe storms moving across the US today have left 14,000 Memphis Light, Gas, and Water customers without power, according to the company.
The bulk of the power outages began around 9am local time, when high winds cut off power for 38,000 customers. Crews worked through the morning to restore power, but thousands are still awaiting reconnection.
The company did not provide an estimate for when power will be restored, but told local broadcaster WREG that it was working to reconnect customers as soon as possible.
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