This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies. Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Heavy rain and strong winds battered the northeastern United States on Sunday as an unusually powerful autumn storm intensified, leaving tens of thousands without power. U.S. media reported one person dead.
New York, Boston and Philadelphia were in the path of the nor'easter—so named for its northeasterly winds—as authorities warned of major flooding and road closures. The storm continued to dump rain as it churned off the coast of the northern Mid-Atlantic and southern New England on Saturday afternoon, the National Weather Service said in its latest forecast. The storm was expected to move toward New Jersey and Long Island "through tonight, resulting in the full force of this nor'easter" affecting the region by Sunday morning, forecasters said.
"Major coastal flooding is expected along the Mid-Atlantic Coast over multiple high tide cycles coming off a full moon through the weekend," the weather service said. Kathy Hochul said the storm was bearing down Saturday on coastal areas of New York City and Long Island. "Conditions are extremely dangerous.
Anyone who goes in or near the water this weekend is literally gambling with their life," Hochul said at a news briefing. In Brooklyn, a 56-year-old man was killed when winds toppled a tree that struck him, U.S. media reported. Nearly 80,000 customers in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania were without power as of 1:30 a.m. (0530 GMT) Sunday, according to the monitoring tool poweroutage.com.
Up to 6 inches (15 centimeters) of rain are expected on Long Island over the next few days. "We expect waves as tall as 20 feet (6 meters) in some areas," Hochul said. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani warned residents of the country's most populous city about strong wind gusts and the possibility of downed power lines, saying, "Don't travel if you don't have to." The storm forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights on Sunday, including 171 to and from Boston's Logan airport.
Delays continued across the region, according to tracker FlightAware. Major airlines including JetBlue, United and American issued travel alerts allowing passengers to change their flights without fees. The United Nations, where world leaders are gathered for the organization's General Assembly, urged media outlets covering the event to clear broadcasting equipment from outside its New York headquarters because of strong winds.
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