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Transportation safety board had been called to the scene to try to determine what caused the plane to crash. meanwhile, rescue crews say the plane has made the home too unstable to keep searching through the wreck along. >> the plane is still in the house. the how the is still slightly unstable. once we get it stable, then we'll be able to go inside. >> reporter: crews will have to wait for the crash to be cleaned up before residents will be allowed to return home. frances koe, nbc news. guilty verdict for two high school football stars in a rape case built on social media. but investigators...

Have died. early reports say the plane was experiencing mechanical troubles in its final minutes. nbc's frances koe has the latest on the crash and the investigation. >> reporter: the trin-engine jet crashed into three homes as it was coming into the south bend airport sunday afternoon. a neighbor saw the plane crash into the home across the street. >> heard the jet engines coming and looked up and actually thought the plane was going to crash into our house. and i just hit the deck. and i heard a loud boom noise and the plane went into three houses across the street from us. >> reporter: the ...

Communities have opened cooling stations. >> it's here for the people who don't have electricity. they can come here, cool off. >> reporter: some gas stations are seeing long lines, too, while othersç have closed, wit no power or fuel. >> frustrated, highly frustrated. >> reporter: david retland of washington, d.c., echoes what many in the hardest hit areas are feeling. >> most of the stuff would probably be discarded. most of my neighbors have packed up and left somewhere. >> reporter: just some of the millions without power headed into a sweltering fourth of july holiday. frances koe, nbc ...

We begin this morning with a blackout. nearly 2.7 million people are still without power following friday's violent storms in the mid-atlantic region, as temperatures soared past the 100-degree mark. those storms are being blamed for at least 17 deaths. nbc's frances koe has more. >> reporter: residents across the mid-atlantic are cleaning up after a fierce storm that knocked down power lines and wreaked havoc across several states. >> this storm had all of the impact of a hurricane without the warning. >> reporter: crews are working around the clock, but officials say it could take a full wee...