Nor'easter leaves 500K without power in northeast

Hundreds of thousands of radical successful the northeastern U.S. are presently without powerfulness aft a nor'easter brought hurricane-force winds and torrential rains to the portion overnight Tuesday into Wednesday.

According to Poweroutage.US, astir fractional a cardinal customers successful Massachusetts are presently without electricity, and astir 100,000 much successful neighboring Rhode Island are besides without power.

The strategy moved into the portion connected Tuesday, archetypal drenching New Jersey and New York — causing governors of some states to issue states of emergency. Video from the portion shows that the tempest near down important municipality flooding successful immoderate areas.

NBC News reports that constabulary successful Hazlet Township, New Jersey, received dozens of calls for work connected Tuesday arsenic the tempest rolled successful and dumped 4 inches of rainfall connected the community.

But upwind speeds picked up arsenic the tempest moved northward. The National Weather Service reports that it recorded a wind gust of 94 mph connected the land metropolis of Edgartown disconnected the seashore of Cape Cod.

A precocious upwind informing volition stay successful effect for parts of New England done Wednesday morning.

Video from Massachusetts shows roadways flooded and tees down. WCVB-TV successful Boston reports that immoderate areas of Massachusetts person already had up to 4 inches of rain, with much to travel successful the hours and days ahead.