Posted on 08/04/20
| News Source: Pikesville Patch
MARYLAND — Tropical Storm Isaias lashed the mid-Atlantic with tropical storm-force winds and several inches of rain Tuesday before its expected move up the East Coast by the evening.
As it churned by Maryland, officials said the storm produced tornadoes and flash flooding. A Maryland driver died in a storm-related crash and a tornado spawned by the storm is believed to have killed one person in North Carolina.
At 11 a.m., Tropical Storm Isaias was about 20 miles south-southwest of Fredericktown in Cecil County, Maryland, according to the National Hurricane Center. It was packing sustained winds of 70 mph and moving north-northeast at 35 mph.
It dumped 7.05 inches of rain and resulted in a waterspout in southern Maryland, according to Gov. Larry Hogan, who said a tornado also touched down on the Eastern Shore.
St. Mary's County Sheriff's officials say a driver was killed in Mechanicsville after a large tree fell on the vehicle. The Baltimore Sun reported the accident happened around 9:30 a.m.
Power outages have soared as the storm has lashed New Jersey, with a total of 1.1 million outages in that state alone as of 2 p.m. Tuesday. Pennsylvania has 380,511 customers offline; Virginia has 255,640 outages; Maryland has 95,507 outages; New York has 183,111 without electricity; and North Carolina has 171,725 offline, according to PowerOutage.US. Read more at Patch