Nearly 500,000 people have experienced power outages in Massachusetts due to a heavy storm. on Wednesday, flooding some roads, creeks and streams.Įnergy companies, including National Grid and EverSource, face significant outages, with thousands of their customers without power. Up to 5 inches of rain had fallen in parts of New Jersey by 11 a.m. On Tuesday, the storm dropped more than 3 inches of rain in parts of Connecticut, New Jersey and New York.
The winter storm led the governors of New Jersey and New York to declare states of emergency, only weeks after Hurricane Ida left severe flooding in early September. ET, there were 497,649 power outages reported in Massachusetts, with the worst-affected counties being Plymouth and Barnstaple, according to PowerOutage.US. It later noted that while conditions were easing across western Massachusetts into Connecticut, 'significant impacts' continue in eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. 'TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED early this morning in southeast MA.'
Numerous downed trees,' the service warned on Twitter.
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