<p>The U.S. East Coast is in for an eventful Thursday as a severe storm system moves through the region. Flights have been delayed and the weather has threatened to snarl work commutes a day after causing several tornadoes, damaging hail and high winds across the upper Midwest.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">For the mid-Atlantic south into Virginia and North Carolina, thunderstorms with winds strong enough to down trees and power lines were expected and more tornadoes and hail are possible Meteorologist Roger Edwards of the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, was quoted as saying in Reuters.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">On Wednesday the storm system was described as "very dangerous" according to the service, because of its potential to produce tornadoes and "derechos," storms where wind speeds increase as they move.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">"Today's situation doesn't look quite as intense as yesterday's, but folks who live in the Mid-Atlantic definitely shouldn't let their guard down," Edwards said.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Wednesday's storm activity was not as intense as feared but did unload 3 to 5 inches of rain in the Chicago area and caused traffic jams, train delays and flight cancellations.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Reuters reported that it was too soon to say whether a derecho had formed in the Midwest, according to Edwards. A path of severe weather was reported from southern Minnesota to western Pennsylvania and West Virginia.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The weather service website showed more than a dozen reports of tornadoes, including in Iowa, Illinois and Ohio. As produce moves across the U.S. and in the East in particular, transportation could likely be affected as well as crops in the growing regions.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Stay tuned to AndNowUKnow for updates on the storm.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/13/us-usa-weather-idUSBRE95C0MY20130613" target="_new"> East Coast Storm </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
