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"Severe weather that impacted the Midwest on Wednesday shifts east Thursday and brings the threat for large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes to the East Coast.Almost 50 million people have a risk for severe weather Thursday. Cities that have the greatest risk of severe weather, under a moderate risk, include Washington D.C., Baltimore, Richmond and Virginia Beach.A moderate risk for severe weather means violent weather is likely in the risk area.Play at the US Open in Philadelphia started Thursday morning. Philadelphia is expected to receive severe weather in the form of high winds and the possibility of hail. \u00A0Heavy rain is expected over the next couple of days for the mid-Atlantic region. \u00A0So not only will dangerous thunderstorms be an issue, \u00A0but the threat for flash flooding is also at play. \u00A0\u00A0Crime footer"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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