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New Update: Potent System With Strong Winds, Thunderstorms Now Sweeping Across East Coast New Update: Potent System With Strong Winds, Thunderstorms Now Sweeping Across East Coast
New Update: Potent System With Strong Winds, Thunderstorms Now Sweeping Across East Coast A powerful cross-country storm is now sweeping through the East Coast, bringing heavy rain, thunderstorms, and strong gusty winds that could cause power outages. The sprawling system arrived Wednesday afternoon, March 5. A radar image of the East Coast above from around 6:30 p.m. shows areas where there are thunderstorms (in orange) and heavy rain (in yellow). Wind gusts will reach 40 to 50 miles per hour across a broad area in the Midwest and along the East Coast.  (Click on the second image above from AccuWeather.) Precipitation will taper off overnight into the early morning h…