Hundreds of thousands from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic were preparing to spend the Fourth of July like America's founders did in 1776, without the conveniences of electricity and air conditioning.
Approximately 1.4 million homes and business are still without power in a storm-stricken area of the U.S. that stretches 1,100 kilometres from the Midwest to the Atlantic Ocean, days after a violent, deadly storm tore through the region.
Hydro crews from Ontario are being sent to Washington, D.C., and surrounding areas to help with power restoration efforts after massive storms caused widespread outages.
More than 2.7 million Americans are sweltering through a second day of 40-degree Celsius heat without electricity or air conditioning, after storms ripped through the mid-Atlantic region Friday, knocking out power.
Netflix, Instagram and Pinterest are using Twitter and Facebook to update subscribers after violent storms across the eastern U.S. caused server outages for hours.
Wild storms across the eastern United States left at least 13 people dead and 3 million residents without power as a heat wave sent temperatures soaring to 40 Celsius.
