Severe storms caused damage throughout the region overnight. And, in Mantua Township, New Jersey, the damage was so prevalent that, early Wednesday, officials canceled schools because of power outages and downed trees along roadways. On Wednesday afternoon, officials said class will be cancelled on Thursday as well, making Tuesday, Sept. 8, their first day of school. In a statement, officials in Mantua Township, New Jersey, said that the overnight thunderstorm caused multiple trees to fall throughout the community and downed electrical wires. NBC10’s cameras found trees down along Main Street, Martel Street, Summit Avenue, Mantua Boulevard and Washington Avenue during the course of Wednesday morning. NBC was also able to speak with the residents of a home that split in half after a large tree fell on it. Steven Clark said he was sitting in the living room when debris started flying down the hallway. “It was, like, toppling slowly. And you heard it go, and then boom,” Clark said. Clark’s first concern was his wife, who was in the bedroom, he said. “I started flipping out. Yelling, Are you okay? Are you trapped? And she was hollering back there, but I couldn’t hear because everything was pitch black and raining,” he said. Clark’s wife ended up climbing out the bedroom window. She was taken to the hospital, but is okay, yet still rattled. “At the foot of the bed, literally at the foot of the bed,” he said of the tree. Brittnay Zoppel, another Mantua resident, said the worst of the storm came and went in a matter of minutes. “Ten to 20 minutes of just crazy wind and a ton of rain, and looked outside and the lightning illuminated a tree that had fallen,” Zoppel said. Léelo en español aquí Several roadways were closed due to storm damage, and drivers were being urged to be cautious while driving through the township. In Wilmington, Delaware, NBC10’s cameras found trees downed along Maryland Avenue at McGovern Terrace as well as along Maryland Avenue at Hillside Road. Crews were working along Route 100 in Wilmington, Delaware to clear fallen trees on Wednesday morning, as well. Also, because of the storm, thousands were without power throughout the region. As of about 4 p.m. on Wednesday, PECO reported over 2,000 homes without power, and Delmarva reported more than 6,000 without power in New Castle County. Atlantic City Electric also reported more than 2,500 outages as of 4 p.m., the large majority of which were in Gloucester County. Officials did not immediately say when power was expected to be returned for homes impacted by power outages due to the overnight storms. As cleanups continued on Wednesday morning, NBC10’s First Alert Weather team was warning the community that another round of storms was likely late in the day through the early hours of Thursday, as well. This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser. ...read more read less