Violent Storms Black Out 160,000 From Michigan to Virginia
- Winds reached as high as 70 miles per hour in New Jersey
- Virginia and Pennsylvania experienced the most power outages
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About 160,000 homes and businesses in eight states were without power Monday after violent thunderstorms and heavy rains swept through the U.S. Northeast.
Virginia and Pennsylvania were the hardest hit, with about 93,000 customers in the dark, according to utility and electric cooperative websites at 10:45 a.m. local time. There were about 26,000 outages in New Jersey and 12,000 in Michigan. In New York, service disruptions fell to about 9,700.