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Emily Olson

Powerful storms killed 2 people and left more than 1 million customers without power

A man holding an umbrella stands near a fallen tree during stormy weather in Washington, D.C., on Monday. (Phillip Baumgart/Reuters)

A severe summer storm that swept across the eastern U.S. on Monday took the lives of two people, left millions without power and caused flights in nine major airports to grind to a halt.

Photos and video from nearly a third of the country show toppled trees, felled power lines and damaged buildings as a torrential mix of strong winds, heavy rain — and, in some places, hail, lighting and flooding — barreled from Alabama to New York.

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