Hundreds of thousands of people were facing power outages on Tuesday that could take days to restore after a sweeping costal storm battered the Northeast with whipping winds and soaking downpours.
Nearly 600,000 customers across New England were without power early Tuesday, according to PowerOutage.us, which tracks the utility industry.
Most of the outages were in Maine, where more than 430,000 customers were affected as of 7:30 a.m. In Massachusetts, mostly along the eastern part of the state, more than 130,000 customers were experiencing a power failure, with about 28,000 more in Connecticut.
Share of customers without power
Source: PowerOutage.us
Notes:
Counties shown are those with at least 1 percent of customers without power.
By The New York Times
Tidal and river flooding
Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Notes:
Minor flooding is defined as causing minimal or no property damage.
Moderate flooding
could lead to inundation of structures and roads, causing some evacuations.
Major flooding could lead to extensive inundation of structures and roads, causing
significant evacuations.
By Bea Malsky
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