Five people are dead and nearly half a million customers in the Northeast are without power due to severe weather that includes thunderstorms, flash flooding, hail, winds up to 80 mph and possibly tornadoes. Thursday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 8 p.m., then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8 p.m. Low around 65. A few thunderstorms may have downburst wind gusts of 50-60 mph. Chance for Thunderstorms Continues for the Rest of the Week

It’s been cooler today with highs in the middle 80s but there have been some powerful thunderstorms this afternoon. TONIGHT

 We’ll continue to have a chance for pop up showers and thunderstorms overnight with frequent lightning and heavy rain being the main threats. The severe threat will likely pass by about 9 p.m.

Storm clouds gather over Reston, Va., May 14, 2018, in this still image obtained from social media video. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Five people are confirmed dead as thunderstorms hit the Northeastern United States.