Rare derecho kills 3, cuts power to more than half of a million people in mid-Atlantic

At least three people are dead and more than half of a million electric customers were left in the dark when a rare derecho tore through eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey on Wednesday. The northern Plains, Upper Midwest and eastern Great Lakes were put on alert Tuesday night when the thunderstorms erupted. Then the threat shifted east to the mid-Atlantic on Wednesday. Storm approaching Medford, New Jersey, on Wednesday evening. Image via…