Two people died in Fairfax County after fierce thunderstorms swept the Washington region Friday, toppling trees, swamping roadways, knocking out power and unleashing a wind gust of 69 mph at Reagan National Airport.

At least seven people are dead in Missouri after strong supercell storms that spurred tornado warnings slammed into St. Louis on Friday. Two others died in Virginia.

A wave of severe weather has resulted in tragedy as multiple tornadoes swept across the central and eastern United States, claiming at least 28 lives, injuring dozens more, and leaving as many as a half-million without power.

After Friday's brief but intense weather ended a week of storms, thousands of people in the area remain without power. The storms left more than 2 million people across D.C., Maryland, and Virginia without electricity.

A storm stretching 1,000 miles along the Eastern Seaboard will bring the western Carolinas some of their heaviest rain since the remnants of Hurricane Helene.

At peak, more than 70,000 Virginia customers lost power. Hampton Roads also suffered strong winds and power outages.

Residents in Kentucky and Missouri sifted through damage in tornado-stricken neighbourhoods, still on edge on Sunday (May 18, 2025) for more severe weather ahead after storms that killed more than two dozen people as they swept through parts of the Midwest and South.

Twenty-six tornadoes have been reported from Friday's storms in Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri, Illinois and one from New Jersey.