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Tornadoes Strike Delaware and Long Island as Northeast Storms Strand Dozens

Sourced from 5 publications

  • •Tornadoes struck Delaware's capital and Long Island on Thursday, prompting cleanup and damage assessment efforts beginning Friday.
  • •Flash flooding from the storms stranded dozens of motorists across the Northeast.
  • •Tropical Storm Moke threatens over a million Americans with floods and mudslides, the second tropical storm in less than two weeks.
  • •Italy experienced simultaneous severe weather with violent storms across Liguria, Lombardy, and northern Tuscany.
  • •Full damage assessments in the affected US regions remain ongoing.

Sources

Cleanup underway after tornadoes touch down in Delaware and New York’s Long Isla...

columbian

Watch: Severe storms slam the Northeast

Cbsnews

Tropical Storm Moke erupts near US as Americans brace for floods

Dailymail

Tornadoes touch down in New York and Delaware

BBC World

Extreme weather: torrential rain and flooding in Liguria, Lombardy and Tuscany

Euronews

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