Three tornadoes spawned from Tuesday evening's severe storms, hitting communities in Lawrence and Butler counties.

Record-breaking flash flooding inundated communities across West Virginia as powerful thunderstorms unleashed torrential rain from Tennessee to Ohio.

AI-generated tornado images circulated on social media during New Jersey storms, prompting experts to share tips for spotting fakes.

However, another 2026 tornado was confirmed in Pennsylvania following powerful thunderstorms that passed through on July 21. Alicia Miller, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh,

What to Know Severe thunderstorms are forecast today. In the morning, storms will be more isolated. From midday through evening, they’re expected to be more potent and damaging. The greatest threats are damaging straight-line wind (gusts 58+ mph) and isolated flash flooding.

The National Weather Service has issued several tornado warnings for parts of Bergen, Essex, Morris, Passaic and Somerset counties as new batches of strong thunderstorms have begun to sweep across several areas of New Jersey.

Severe thunderstorms are plowing through the Ohio Valley and into the Mid-Atlantic, prompting a life-threatening flash flood emergency, the highest level of flood warning, in central West Virginia. Many locations have seen multiple rounds of storms packing heavy rain and strong winds.

Severe weather impacted the entire region on Tuesday, with watches and warnings throughout the CBS News New York viewing area.