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Hurricane damage is seen to a home in Wintersville, Ohio, on Thursday, July 29, 2021.

(Twitter/Rich Pierce WTOV-TV) Homes damaged in Jefferson County, Ohio Five people were reported injured when a potential tornado destroyed buildings in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, and tens of thousands were without power.

Severe weather destroyed homes, cut power, and triggered tornado warnings in parts of several states Thursday night, including New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Virginia.

The National Weather Service said there were reports of injuries from a tornado in Jefferson County, Ohio, crossing the state line 45 miles west of Pittsburgh.

The 911 dispatcher said he was not immediately aware of any injuries, but reports are still coming in.

“We received multiple reports of damage, trees and power lines,” the dispatcher told weather.com right after the storm passed.

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A photo posted by WTOV-TV on Twitter showed a home that had partially collapsed and lost its roof in the Jefferson County community of Winterfell.

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly, New Jersey, has warned of a particularly dangerous situation — or PDS — because of a tornado in Trenton around 6 p.m. PDS is usually seen on rare occasions when long-lasting, strong tornadoes are possible, according to the NWS .

Police there told weather.com that there were no immediate reports of damage there.

North of Philadelphia, extensive damage is seen at a car dealership in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. The Courier Times reported that five injuries were reported in the area in the wake of the storms.

Passengers and staff at Baltimore/Washington International Airport Thurgood Marshall were told to seek shelter, stay away from windows and move to a basement when a tornado warning was issued there at approximately 5:15 p.m.

A video posted on social media showed small pieces of debris flying in front of a driver’s windshield in rain and hail around the same time in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

About 20,000 homes and businesses were without power in Virginia’s Stafford County as of 6:45 p.m., according to poweroutage.us. Severe weather also moved through that area.

The storms were part of the same system that generated high winds and tornadoes that destroyed homes and caused more than 130,000 power outages Wednesday night through early Thursday morning in Wisconsin and Illinois, as they swept through parts of southwestern Michigan and northern Indiana.

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