Cleanup efforts are entering a third day after strong storms slammed the Pittsburgh area earlier this week, leaving three people dead and hundreds of thousands without power. A state of emergency was declared for the city of Pittsburgh and for Allegheny County after the storms moved through the region,

More than 425,000 customers were without power in Pennsylvania and another 40,000 were in the dark in Ohio by midday Wednesday, according to PowerOutage.us, a website that tracks outages. Neighboring states,

Significant flooding was already underway early Wednesday in southern Oklahoma and adjacent north Texas.

Millions across the United States are being impacted by severe storms bringing torrential rain and flash flooding. In Texas and Oklahoma, high waters prompted evacuations and rescues. Now, another round of potentially dangerous thunderstorms is on the way.

Expect warm weather today with isolated afternoon & evening storms. Storms become more numerous by the weekend.

Rain and thunder will linger deeper into the evening across western Maryland on Thursday.

As a cold front pushes into the Gulf coast region, rain chances will spike into the weekend.Scattered shower chances are in the forecast Friday ahead of the sy