ferocious flame, firefighters are starting to get an upper hand. that s the good news. we have reporters, as always, all over the country covering these major stories for you. i want to start out with sandrasandra endo and let s begin with athena. athena, nearly 4 million homes are without power from indiana to player land from the brutal storms, the death toll is climbing. what can you tell us? what are you seeing? reporter: well, we know that there are six confirmed deaths in virginia, poppy. that s coming from the governor s office, governor rob mcdonald. at least 1 million customers are without power in west virginia and that s a large chunk of the nearly 4 million. the governor has declared a state of emergency due to the severe storms and we note two other deaths and an official said a man was electrocuted after he left his house and a woman in maryland, a 71-year-old woman was killed when a tree fell on her home. this is proof of how dangerous the storms can be. you