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Approximately 3.9 million homes and businesses without power on Saturday, in the middle of a record heat wave in the eastern United States after deadly storms toppled power lines from Indiana to New Jersey.A state of emergency declared across the state in Washington DC, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia because of damage from an overnight storm, which brought high winds along the 500-mile stretch. At least nine people were killed.Forecasters predict more severe storms combined with the heat on Saturday. Restoring the flow of electricity in some areas may take up to a week. Electricity consumption in Ohio and Virginia described as catastrophic damage."It will happen before some people get power, and with the heat, that's our big concern," said Bob Spieldenner, a spokesman for the Virginia Department of Emergency Management.More than one million electric customers in Virginia does not have a power outage is not related to the worst storm in the history of the country, he said.Six people died in Virginia in storm-related incidents. Emergency state agencies to report outages and damage as follows:- Maryland: about 869,000 customers without power with outages reported in each area.- West Virginia: More than 600,000 customers without power.- Ohio: Power outages in two-thirds of the country, about one million homes and businesses without power, and one storm-related death was reported.Gov. John Kasich says full power restoration could take a week.- New Jersey: Atlantic County declared a state of emergency, and at least 206,000 customers were without power. Two cousins ​​2 year old and 7 year old was killed by a falling tree in a state park.- Region Colombia: 67,000 electric customers affected.A state of emergency was announced.- Pennsylvania: 32,500 homes and businesses without power.- Indiana: 135,000 customers lost electricity.- Kentucky: 187 customers without power.- North Carolina: 618 homes and businesses affected by power outages.The storm made helpless Amstrak passenger rail service between Washington and Philadelphia, Amtrak said in a statement. [ANT / BSU]

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