Power Could Remain Out For Days Along Northeast Coast After Snow Storm – With Fox News Video
Oct 30, 2011 Comments Off Pat Dollard
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) – The number of homes and businesses without power on the East Coast has grown to more than 3 million as an unusually early snowstorm passes over New England.
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says the more than 750,000 customers without power there breaks a record set when the remnants of Hurricane Irene hit the state in August. He says people could be without electricity for a week.
“If you are without power, you should expect to be without power for a prolonged period of time,” Malloy said Saturday night.
More than 650,000 have lost power in Massachusetts. Those without electricity number 285,000 in New Hampshire and at least 150,000 in Maine.
More than 617,000 people in New Jersey have lost power, and in New York, more than 200,000 are without it.
Utilities in Pennsylvania are saying more than 423,000 are without power, and Western Maryland had more than 29,000 outages.
Central Vermont Public Service says more than 6,300 there had no power.
A snowstorm with a ferocity more familiar in February than October socked the Northeast over the weekend, knocking out power to 2.7 million, snarling air and highway travel and dumping more than 2 feet of snow in a few spots as it slowly moved north out of New England. Officials warned it could be days before many see electricity restored.
The combination of heavy, wet snow, leaf-laden trees and frigid, gusting winds brought down limbs and power lines. At least three deaths were blamed on the weather, and states of emergency were declared in New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and parts of New York.
