Cleanup Underway After Storm System Kills 8 in South, Blows Into Northeast

Residents in more than a dozen states began cleaning up Thursday afternoon after a dangerous storm system swept across the Gulf Coast to the Northeast, NBC News reported.

At least eight people were killed, including four in Virginia, as some 60 tornadoes were reported on Tuesday and Wednesday, and the storm system threatened to topple more trees as a brutal line of winds plowed through Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York.

Utility companies reported that more than 138,200 customers in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Virginia and Maine were without power as of noon ET.

Severe thunderstorm watches and warnings were issued for Boston, Cape Cod, Nantucket and Providence, while parts of upstate New York, Vermont and New Hampshire were under flood warnings as the storm was poised to move offshore. 

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