Three people were killed when storms pounded Union and Somerset counties in New Jersey on Thursday. Plainfield is now under a state of emergency due to the extent of the damage. CBS News New York's Nick Caloway reports.

Three people were killed when severe thunderstorms swept through New Jersey on Thursday night, officials say.A spokesperson for the city of Plainfield said two men were killed when a tree fell onto a vehicle they were in.

A line of severe weather carved a path of destruction through Central Jersey, hitting Plainfield so hard that the city declared a state of emergency.