11.   Scattered showers fell across New England and the mid-Atlantic early Tuesday, while thunderstorms swept over the Plains and cool air hovered near the Pacific Northwest.

12.   Strong thunderstorms swept across New England Sunday, nearly toppling a church steeple in New Bedford, Mass., and cutting electricity to thousands of homes.

13.   Strong thunderstorms swept across New England on Sunday, nearly knocking over a church steeple in New Bedford, Mass., and cutting electricity to thousands of homes.

14.   Strong thunderstorms swept across New England on Sunday, knocking over a church steeple in New Bedford, Mass., and cutting electricity to thousands of homes.

15.   Thunderstorms swept from eastern Kansas through Arkansas and into Alabama, some packing heavy rain and hail.

16.   Thousands of homes in Quebec lost power when a thunderstorm swept through a region already hit by flooding from an early spring thaw.

17.   Thunderstorms swept across North Dakota, with scattered showers dipping south into Nebraska.

18.   Thunderstorms swept across the northern Plains Monday while much of the rest of the nation basked under clear skies.

19.   Thunderstorms swept across the southern Plains on Sunday, while snow fell in the Rockies and northern New England.

20.   Thunderstorms swept along the Gulf Coast, as well as through parts of Louisiana, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida.