One killed after tornado strikes Delaware; severe weather slams Northeast

Not less than one individual was killed when a twister struck Delaware Saturday night, officers mentioned, a part of a large storm system which had already produced a number of lethal tornadoes within the Midwest and South on Friday earlier than taking intention on the Northeast. Tens of hundreds of consumers had been additionally with out energy.

The weather-related fatality occurred when a suspected twister brought about a construction to break down close to the Delaware city of Greenwood, the Sussex County authorities reported. Sussex County additionally posted cellphone video of a funnel cloud shifting by the realm at about 6 p.m. native time. 

Greenwood is positioned about 25 miles south of Dover.

Bethany DeBussy, a city supervisor for close by Bridgeville, Delaware, instructed CBS Information in an e-mail that there have been a number of stories of auto accidents and entrapments, downed energy traces and gasoline leaks. DeBussy couldn’t affirm if there have been any accidents.

The Nationwide Climate Service had issued a extreme thunderstorm watch Saturday night for elements of New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York, together with New York Metropolis.

In whole, at the least 26 deaths have been blamed on the large storm system, which brought about a number of tornadoes within the Midwest and South on Friday earlier than turning its consideration to the Northeast on Saturday. The deaths had been reported throughout eight states, in accordance with the most recent numbers compiled Saturday by CBS Information, together with Illinois, Tennessee, Arkansas, Indiana, Alabama, Ohio and Mississippi.

Throughout a heavy metallic live performance Friday night time, a theater roof collapsed throughout a twister in Belvidere, Illinois, killing a 50-year-old man and injuring about 40 others.

Earlier within the day Friday, President Biden toured the injury from a twister final week which left at the least 21 individuals lifeless in Mississippi. 

As of Saturday night time, greater than 201,000 prospects in Pennsylvania had been with out energy, in accordance with utility tracker PowerOutage.us. Greater than 109,000 had been with out energy in Ohio, together with one other 94,000 in Virginia, 51,000 in West Virginia and 46,000 in North Carolina.