killed. eight others injured by falling trees. downed pour lines have left hundreds of thousands of people without electricity this morning. indra petersons is here with much more. what happened? it happened so quickly, indra. >> that's the problem. we had fast moving systems. six reports of damage from tornadoes alone. severe weather system made its way from the ohio valley and eventually spread right into the northeast. heavy wind and rain pummeled central new york as severe storms sweep across the northeast spawning at least three tornadoes, destroying homes and killing at least five people, including one child. the powerful storms downed power lines, cracked utility poles and uprooted massive trees leaving over 400,000 people without electricity this morning. >> you can't even see out the windows it was raining so hard. >> reporter: in maryland the storm moved in quickly killing one child at a church camp who was trapped under a tree and injuring eight others as they ran for safety. >> something like this has never happened in our history, and it