At least two people have died in storms that battered the eastern US, with flights canceled and many left without power. Millions were under severe weather alerts, including tornado watches
Rain, hail and strong winds swept almost the entire eastern seaboard of the United States on Monday, with at least two people killed during the severe weather.
The storms also caused power outages for hundreds of thousands of people and led to the cancelation of thousands of flights across the region.
Weather alerts were issued throughout the affected zone, which extended from the state of Alabama in the south to that of New York in the north.
A 28-year-old man in Alabama died after being struck by lightning in a car park and a 15-year-old boy in South Carolina was killed by a falling tree as he visited his grandparents, local media reported.