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State-by-state look at Iowa to Mid-Atlantic storm

A wall cloud in northern Allen County drops what appears to be a funnel cloud Wednesday, June 12, 2013 just north of Fort Wayne, Ind. A line of powerful thunderstorms that spawned several small tornadoes as it crossed Illinois has rumbled into northern Indiana. Wednesday night, National Weather Service radar showed the strongest part of the huge storm spanned northern Indiana from Gary to Plymouth, with an outrider over Fort Wayne.    (AP Photo/The Journal Gazette, Chad Ryan) NEWS-SENTINEL OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALES; MAGS OUT

Massive thunderstorms have swept across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states, knocking out power to thousands of people and causing some flash flooding in certain areas. Here’s a snapshot of what is happening, state by state:

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Massive storm system surges toward Mid-Atlantic

Lightning erupts over downtown Chicago on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, as a line of powerful storms cross over the Midwest. A massive line of storms packing hail, lightning and tree-toppling winds began rolling through the Midwest Wednesday evening and could affect more than one in five Americans from Iowa to Maryland before subsiding. (AP Photo/Dr. Scott M. Lieberman)

CHICAGO (AP) — A massive storm system originally forecast to affect one in five Americans from Iowa to Maryland surged Thursday toward the Mid-Atlantic after causing widespread power outages but largely failing to live up to its billing in ferocity through the Upper Midwest.

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