NBC News reports that at least two people have been killed by the storm:
A 30-year-old man was found dead in Flushing in the New York borough of Queens, apparently after having been trapped beneath a tree that crashed into his home about 7 p.m. ET, police told NBC News.
A second person was killed when a car hydroplaned over high water in Montgomery County, Md., Gov. Martin O’Malley told MSNBC TV.