An adolescent was struck by lightning in New York Metropolis on Thursday, police mentioned, as elements of the Northeast are underneath the specter of extreme thunderstorms.
A extreme thunderstorm watch is in impact up and down the I-95 hall by way of 9 p.m. Thursday for cities together with Richmond, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York Metropolis. Some 60 million persons are on alert for extreme climate.
Extreme thunderstorm warnings have additionally been issued in some areas, together with in southeastern Pennsylvania.
The principle menace with these storms will likely be widespread damaging wind gusts to 75 mph. Hail and tornadoes are additionally doable.
A bolt of lightning strikes close to the Empire State Constructing in New York, June 19, 2025.
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A “giant and very harmful” twister was positioned over Landenberg in southeastern Pennsylvania round 5 p.m. Thursday, the Nationwide Climate Service mentioned.
In New York Metropolis, a teen was struck by lightning in Central Park Thursday afternoon, police mentioned. The teenager is alert and aware, police mentioned. The incident occurred within the famed park’s East Meadow, off Fifth Avenue and East 96th Avenue.
The storms have led to energy outages and flight cancellations alongside the East Coast.
Greater than 500,000 clients throughout the Mid-Atlantic have been with out energy as of Thursday night, primarily in Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland, in line with PowerOutage.us.
Practically 600 flights have been canceled nationwide on Thursday, in line with FlightAware, with New York’s LaGuardia Airport probably the most impacted.
ABC Information’ Melissa Griffin contributed to this report.
