Heavy snow buries Northeast, leaving 700,000 without power
Newsy
Two feet of snow is possible in parts of northern New England by Thursday evening, with wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph in coastal areas as well as inland.
A major spring storm brought heavy snow, rain and high winds to the Northeast into Thursday, downing trees and power lines and leaving around 700,000 homes and businesses without power. A woman was reported killed by a falling tree in a New York City suburb.
Two feet of snow is possible in parts of northern New England by Thursday evening, with wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph in coastal areas as well as inland, according to the National Weather Service.
Maine and New Hampshire bore the brunt of the power outages, with about 341,000 and 155,000 respectively as of early Thursday afternoon, according to poweroutage.us. Local officials said the heavy, wet snow was to blame for bringing down trees and power lines.
“This was pretty much a classic nor’easter,” said Stephen Baron, a meteorologist for the weather service in York, Maine. “This is definitely a high-end storm for April. It’s not crazy for us to get snow in April but not usually getting double-digit amounts.”
The weather service said it was the biggest April nor'easter to hit the region since 2020.
