Tropical Storm Isaias has brought tornadoes and heavy rains to the US east coast after making landfall in North Carolina as a hurricane.
At least one person was killed when a tornado struck a mobile home park, officials said.
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) also warned of “the danger of life-threatening storm surge”.
Isaias hammered Virginia on its way to DC, leaving 300,000 in the state without power.
It is the ninth named storm of the year.
Isaias was downgraded to a tropical storm after hitting islands in the Caribbean last week, but was re-categorised as a category-one hurricane as it approached the Carolinas on Monday.
It was then downgraded again to a tropical storm, but storm surge warnings remain in effect along the coast.
As of Tuesday morning, Isaias was moving north at 33mph (54km/h), the NHC said, with maximum sustained wind speeds of 70mph (110km/h)
Strong winds, with gusts reaching hurricane force, are expected all along the Mid-Atlantic coast and as far as New England on Tuesday.
The NHC says it is now moving quickly up the eastern seaboard. As of Tuesday morning, local time, the centre of the storm is moving across south-eastern Virginia with strong winds, heavy rains and the threat of tornadoes, according to the NHC.Skip Twitter post by @NHC_Atlantic
Strong winds, with gusts reaching hurricane force, are expected all along the Mid-Atlantic coast and as far as New England on Tuesday.
The NHC says it is now moving quickly up the eastern seaboard. As of Tuesday morning, local time, the centre of the storm is moving across south-eastern Virginia with strong winds, heavy rains and the threat of tornadoes, according to the NHC.Skip Twitter post by @NHC_Atlantic
