State of emergency declared in storm-hit US states

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Nearly three million people have been left without power after violent storms wreaked devastation across parts of the eastern United States.

States of emergency have been declared in the states of Ohio, Maryland and Virginia and in the capital Washington DC.

The BBC's Nick Childs reports.

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