Two dead and hundreds of thousands without power as storm hits eastern US

Boy, 15, killed by falling tree in South Carolina and man, 28, struck by lightning in Alabama, while more than 1,700 flights canceled

More than 300,000 homes and businesses in the eastern US were without power on Tuesday after another storm passed over the region, killing at least two people and disrupting air travel.

A 15-year-old boy was killed after a tree fell on him as he got out of a car in South Carolina, and a 28-year-old man died after he was struck by lightning in Alabama.