New Delhi, July 22 -- More than 2,000 flights were reportedly canceled Tuesday, with airports in New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., amid warnings of thunderstorm, tornadoes and flash floods.

Ground stops were issued at airports in New York City, D.C., Boston, and Baltimore, the ABC News reported.

A tornado watch was issued at 2:05 pm local time for parts of Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York, including in the Bronx, Queens and Manhattan, through 9 pm.

Around 32 million could be exposed, the National Weather Service wrote in a post on X.

In New Jersey, multiple tornado warnings were issued on Tuesday afternoon. At least three tornadoes have been reported so far in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

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