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Millions in Southeast Under Threat of Severe Weather
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Millions in Southeast Under Threat of Severe Weather

The rocky weather predicted to sweep across the region ahead of the weekend could bring damaging winds, hail and tornadoes, meteorologists said.

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The rocky weather predicted to sweep across the region ahead of the weekend could bring damaging winds, hail and tornadoes, meteorologists said.

More than 25 million people from Virginia to Alabama were under an enhanced risk for severe thunderstorms Friday, days after a line of storms ripped through portions of the South and Midwest.

Scattered severe thunderstorms were expected across parts of the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys on Friday, according to the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center. The storms, capable of producing damaging winds, hail and tornadoes, were likely to begin in the late morning and continue in the region throughout the day.

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The Weather Service in Wakefield, Va., predicted that wind gusts in the area could reach 70 m.p.h. Areas farther north could see lingering rain, meteorologists said. Rainfall totals could reach three inches in some places, creating scattered flooding.

Strong storms are not unusual in the spring. On Wednesday, tornadoes touched down in northern Texas and southern Oklahoma, tearing the roof off a school and causing damage to homes and businesses, officials said.