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Going to lead to some power outages, because the tree limbs are going to come down. tree limbs are some of the leading causes of power outages here. so were looking at minor to i would say moderate to possibly major power outages here across new england. ive got a buddy that works for the edison electric institute. he tells me that we have nearly -- we have mutual assistance power crews coming in from about 30 states, d.c., and canada. that encompasses a large swath of the country. power crews c...

Trunk. you know, youve got tree limbs, large tree limbs, peoples belongings, mattresses in trees, just floating around. across the road here theres this big army trailer. were told that that was lifted and carried three quarters of a mile from its original location and as you can see ended up smashed against this building and these are really some of the big and dangerous things people had to look out for as they clung onto anything they could yesterday in life-threatening situations. >> we watc...

Was an ef2 packing winds of 127 miles an hour. we spoke with one resident who was driving through the neighborhood during the tropical storm when things got bad very quickly. >> it was raining hard and raining and wind and i seen tree limbs dropping and i swerved around them and it just came through right in front of me. >> he says moments later he pulled two neighbors from their mobile home that had been completely destroyed. they were among three residents taken to the hospital from this neigh...

These two homes here. authorities say a tornado came through here around 7:30 a.m. we spoke with one resident, joe stouch who was driving through the neighborhoods when things started to get bad quickly. he said tree limbs started falling down on the road. he had to drive around them and he found himself pulling two neighbors from their destroyed mobile home. they were among three residents taken to the hospital with injuries. authorities report no fatalitys here but in tuscaloosa county a 24-ye...

A Kansas City, Kansas, neighborhood sustained damage as storms passed through the metro on Friday afternoon.

A scout camp devastated by the Derecho. It has been cleaned up and made safer in advance of the first staffed camp later this month.

Traction. traffic backed up for hours there after a fatal wreck. and if thats not all bad enough, power outages, the number of them continues to grow. we had a lot of sleet mixing in with the snow near the philly area. thats weighing down tree limbs. and high winds near the coast, especially across new england, thats going to continue through the overnight, as will the threat for more in the way of po power outages. david? >> yeah, rob, we wont be fooled by how pictureesque that looks behind you...

Home depot store. it was ripped to shreds. staff knew bad weather was on the way. they closed the store not long after the twit tear touched down. the cloud came down out of the sky doing sporadic intense damage to homes, apartment buildings and businesses in a part of the citys northeast side. several thousand still without power this morning. >> i was standing in the dining room table when i heard a lot of wind and started raining hail and apartment started shaking. we ran to the stairway insi...

There today after they assess the damages. >> this latest development shows that we cannot yet let our guard down. for the outer banks and northeastern north carolina, continue to shelter in a safe place. keep off the roads and stay alert. >> speaking of those roads. 70 roads right now here in north carolina are closed. they expect that number could get up to 120 as they start driving throughout the state especially in those coastal communities. we saw some flooding in the low dip spots as well ...

We have seen tpwhraoding. we talked about the power outages. crews have been out cleaning up tree limbs, facades and building that have been thrown into the streets. overall, when you talk to people here, they are saying we are feeling good about where we ended up with this storm. it looks like things will be able to get cleaned up in a couple of days and try to get back to normal. so thats the good news. >> jay gray live in wilmington. jay, thank you so much. let me bring in the mayor of morehe...