Cleanup efforts are underway after a severe weather outbreak left at least two people dead and knocked out power to more than 1 million customers across the eastern U.S. on Monday.
The threat began early Monday morning as storms erupted in the Ohio Valley and began their trek to the East Coast, with millions of people placed under Tornado Watches and Severe Thunderstorm Watches as powerful thunderstorms brought flooding rain, hurricane-force wind gusts, large hail and reports of tornadoes well into the evening hours.
After the storms barreled through the region, emergency and utility crews fanned out and began to assess the damage and injury reported. As of Tuesday, power outage numbers have been continuing to drop and fell below 330,000.