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    20 Of The Most Intense Photographs From Yesterday's Storms

    Severe thunderstorms in the Eastern U.S. have left seven dead and millions without power across several states and Washington D.C. Just a hint of the countless amount of damage is captured in these frightening photographs. Nature is scary.

    Summer Anne Burton
    by Summer Anne Burton

    BuzzFeed Staff

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    Bev Horne / AP

    Clouds over Lisle, Illinois, Friday evening.

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    Steve Lundy / AP

    Mundelein, Illinois.

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    Christopher Hankins / AP

    Elgin, Ill.

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    BOB ROSSITER / AP

    The 26th Annual Italian-American Festival in Canton, Ohio put a stop to rides on Friday evening as the storm passes over.

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    John P. Cleary / AP

    Anderson, Indiana: Terry Malone Jr., general manager of Southside Automotive Service looks over the damage to the business.

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    MANDEL NGAN / Getty Images

    Caution: dangling electrical wires. In the American University neighborhood of Washington D.C.

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    P. KEVIN MORLEY / AP

    David Fetchko surveys the damage done to the apartment of his girlfriend in Richmond, Va. on Saturday, June 30, 2012.

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    Patrick McDermott / Getty Images

    A fallen tree on the course at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland. Round Three of the AT&T National is due to begin there today.

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    Patrick McDermott / Getty Images

    Destroyed portable toilets at Congressional Country Club, before the start of Round Three of the AT&T National.

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    Rob Carr / Getty Images

    Workers cutting up a tree along the 14th fairway at the Congressional Country Club.

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    MANDEL NGAN / Getty Images

    An uprooted tree in Washington D.C.

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    MANDEL NGAN / Getty Images

    Dupont Circle in Washington, DC.

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    MANDEL NGAN / Getty Images

    Another uprooted tree in the D.C. neighborhood of American University.

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    Jessica Gresko / AP

    A downed tree blocks a sidewalk in northwest Washington.

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    MANDEL NGAN / Getty Images

    Tree branches scattering the ground near the Gandhi statue at Dupont Circle in D.C.

    16. And, from Twitter users:

    Via Twitter: @laird74

    Westerville, OH.

    17.

    Via Twitter: @_MichaelHoffman

    D.C.

    18.

    Via Twitter: @breaking

    Bethesda, MD.

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    Via Twitter: @LEKinsey

    Georgetown.

    20.

    Via Twitter: @aterkel

    Northwest D.C.

    So far, no Instagram photos of the aftermath: