(NEW YORK) — The threat for severe weather on Saturday is shifting east, putting more than 25 million people on alert from eastern Pennsylvania up into southern Maine.

This includes Philadelphia, New York City; Allentown, Pennsylvania; Poughkeepsie, New York; Hartford, Connecticut; Manchester, New Hampshire; and Portland, Maine.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued from Maryland to Maine, until 8 p.m. This includes much of the I-95 corridor, including Baltimore, Philly, NYC, and Boston.

In the coming hours, scattered strong to severe thunderstorms will be developing near and along a cold front that is sweeping across the region Saturday afternoon.

The primary hazard from any severe thunderstorms that develop is strong, potentially damaging wind gusts. Isolated large hail and a

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