renew: As of 6:40 p.m., 36,000 customers in central New York were without power.
Here are the stories as of 5 p.m.:
Syracuse, N.Y. — More than 48,000 customers in Central New York are without power this afternoon as another round of damaging storms sweeps through the region.
As of 4:35 p.m., 27,626 National Grid customers were without power in Oneida County alone
Rome was hit hard and Mayor Jeffrey Lanigan declared a state of emergency.
A church steeple there was destroyed and its roof was ripped off, according to reports filed with the National Weather Service. A nearby grocery store also had its roof ripped off.
Rome Griffith Airport recorded a gust of 79 mph at 3:35 p.m.
Photos on social media showed flooded city streets, collapsed buildings in the city center and a Burger King sign blown up.
In the hardest-hit areas of Onondaga County, wind gusts exceeded 50 mph. A severe storm moved in between 2 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., with reports of more than a dozen downed trees and power lines in the northern suburbs of Syracuse.
According to social media reports, lightning downed trees in Cayuga and western Onondaga counties, and one of the trees caught fire. A downed utility pole and attached power lines blocked Route 5 in Camillus.
In Baldwinsville, students attending enrichment camp and athletic camp were trapped inside a building during a tornado warning this afternoon. Trees and power lines were downed on Henry Clay Boulevard, a main road in Clay, Onondaga County's largest town.
Wind gusts reached 62 mph in Fort Drum just before 3 p.m.
Just north of Fort Drum, all lanes of Route 11 in Philadelphia Village were closed due to flooding that inundated the road.
If you have been affected by severe storms and have experiences or photos to share, please contact Glenn Coin at gcoin@syracuse.com.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
