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    5 killed and millions without power after summer storms

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And weather alert right now -- live.

We have a lot of serious news.

To tell you about -- You -- now are confirmed dead and millions of others are without power this morning.

After a series of summer storms swept through nearly a dozen eastern states overnight.

The storms now wreaking Havoc on travel Amtrak service from Washington DC to Philadelphia is shut down right now as for -- work to clear.

Debris from the track.

Power outages also affecting Dulles and Reagan international airports in Virginia.

That those are expected to cause delays throughout the day and of course a lot of ripple effect around the country and even cause a domino effect as we know -- airports is far away as California.

-- for more on this we go to Peter -- who is live in Northern Virginia one of the -- Seeing the most damage this morning Peter tell us what you are seeing there.

Dave right now as many as two million people are without power and the power companies tell -- it might be like that.

For a few days -- no no electricity means no air conditioning and despite the fact that right now the Mercury is on its way up.

Above a hundred degrees people here in Springfield Virginia which was hit pretty hard have been coming out to inspect the damage now that the sun -- out.

And no hit house in this area which was hit hard.

Was hit worse than that house a woman was killed in there.

When that when a huge tree literally just split her house in -- you see half of the house right now is gone and neighbors tell me that she was ninety years old.

And sleeping.

When this storm just came out of nowhere.

Right.

Well that's I mean just right here behind you com.

Almost eerily calm.

-- humid.

Probably still around a hundred degrees and also that I just felt the temperature goes wrong.

The -- just.

Couple trucks come through -- you.

Now up the street from here -- another person was killed when a tree fell on their car there are also debts in Maryland and elsewhere in the area and as many as five heat related debts.

In Kansas and Tennessee here in the DC metro area though.

A problem throughout the rest of the day is going to be with no air conditioning residents in prince George's county and Montgomery County cannot.

Find relief.

With water because there are now mandatory water restrictions in place authorities say.

That they need to preserve firefighting capability canceling 9 o'clock its -- -- real hot it is going to be a long day for the two million people.

Do not have power while -- TI sure is we're very.

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