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  "path": "/2026/03/16/moderate-risk-mid-atlantic-severe-storms-tornadoes-damaging-winds-march-2026/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-16T09:01:09.000Z",
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    "Featured articles",
    "Severe storms",
    "florida",
    "maryland",
    "new york",
    "north carolina",
    "pennsylvania",
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  "textContent": "A Moderate Risk (Level 4 of 5) for severe thunderstorms has been issued across parts of the Mid-Atlantic United States for Monday, March 16, 2026, as a powerful multi-hazard storm threatens over 100 million people across the U.S. Fast-moving storms capable of producing damaging winds and a few strong tornadoes are forecast to develop from the Carolinas into Virginia and Maryland during the afternoon and evening hours. A Moderate Risk is an unusually high severe weather category for the Mid-Atlantic and is not issued often for this region. The National Weather Service office serving the Washington, D.C. area described the setup as a “quite rare Day 2 Moderate Risk area” ahead of the event.\n\nSource",
  "title": "Rare Moderate Risk (4/5) issued for Mid-Atlantic as severe thunderstorms raise threat of damaging winds and tornadoes"
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