More than 10 million people in portions of North Carolina and South Carolina have been included in a new Tornado Watch as severe weather continues to barrel toward the East Coast on Wednesday. FOX Weather Meteorologists Stephen Morgan and Marissa Torres break down the latest forecast.

RALEIGH, N.C. – A powerful and damaging spring storm system that has wreaked havoc across the South this week continues barreling toward the East Coast, where more than 63 million people from Florida to New York are on alert for severe weather on Wednesday.

The system, which unleashed severe thunderstorms and tornadoes across the South on Tuesday , is expected to continue to pack a punch as it impacts major metropolitan areas along the Eastern Seaboard, including those along the heavily traveled Interstate 95 corridor from the Southeast through the mid-Atlantic .

Powerful thunderstorms pushed through portions of the mid-Atlantic on Wednesday morning, and a Tornado Watch was issued for parts of North Carolina and South Carolina until 1 p.m. ET.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch was also issued for portions of Virginia and Maryland , and that will remain in effect until 6 p.m. ET.

Numerous Severe Thunderstorm Warnings and Tornado Warnings were issued from the Gulf Coast to the mid-Atlantic by early Wednesday morning, and some damage reports have started to trickle in.

According to the National Weather Service, numerous trees were brought down across the region as the storms moved through. A tree fell onto a Wilkes County home near North Wilkesboro , North Carolina, according to NWS storm reports.

A video shared from Matthews, North Carolina, shows heavy rain falling at the Divide Golf Club in Union County on Wednesday, March 5, 2025.

A video shared from Matthews , North Carolina, showed heavy rain falling during a thunderstorm as it moved over the Divide Golf Club in Union County.

Union County officials took to Facebook on Wednesday morning, urging residents to stay safe after a possible tornado earlier in the day.

"Union County Emergency Management, in partnership with several public safety agencies, is responding to reports of storm damage following a possible tornado touchdown along Friendly Baptist Church Road in Unionville," officials said in the Facebook post . "Preliminary assessments indicate damage in the Porter Ridge area. Additionally, there are reported power outages in the area."

No injuries have been reported.

Trees were also brought down in Richland and York counties in South Carolina.

This graphic shows the severe weather threat on Wednesday, March 5, 2025.

The line of storms is expected to reintensify with daytime heating, posing a significant risk of straight-line winds across the Carolinas. A strong tornado is also possible, the FOX Forecast Center noted.

NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has placed nearly 10 million people in portions of eastern South Carolina , central and eastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia in a Level 3 out of 5 risk zone for severe weather on its severe thunderstorm risk scale .

This graphic shows the tornado threat on Wednesday, March 5, 2025.

Specifically, cities such as Virginia Beach , Norfolk and Chesapeake in Virginia and Raleigh and Durham in North Carolina are in heightened danger as the storm system charges through the region.

In addition to the tornado risk, there is a high likelihood of damaging wind gusts higher than 75 mph, which is as strong as a Category 1 hurricane .

The damaging-wind threat includes the same areas at risk of tornadoes, such as the Hampton Roads area in southeastern Virginia stretching through Raleigh and the Outer Banks of North Carolina and coastal areas of South Carolina, including Charleston and Myrtle Beach .

This graphic shows the damaging wind threat on Wednesday, March 5, 2025.

Other areas at risk of strong to severe storms include parts of Florida and eastern Georgia , as well as from western New York into the mid-Atlantic states.