Greater than 300,000 properties and companies in Massachusetts had been with out energy early Wednesday as a robust nor’easter continued to batter the East Coast.
The storm has already brought on flooding in New York and New Jersey, the place emergency companies have carried out dozens of rescues.
Its impacts are actually being felt additional north, the place coastal areas of Massachusetts now bearing the brunt with reported wind gusts of as much as 97 mph which have introduced down bushes and energy strains.
Utilities corporations Nationwide Grid and EverSource mentioned greater than 140,000 and 170,000 clients respectively had been with out energy as of 5:20 ET.
Most of those, round 180,000, had been in Barnstable and Plymouth counties, which cowl Cape Cod and an space south of Boston.
All faculties on the Cape have been closed, in line with the Barnstable County Regional Emergency Planning Committee. And pictures and video posted on social media confirmed downed bushes and different particles littering roads.
The Massachusetts Steamship Authority, which runs ferries from the mainland to Martha’s Winery and Nantucket, mentioned it was canceling all companies till additional discover. It warned folks to not try to get to its terminals and to remain off the “extraordinarily harmful” roads.
The harbormaster in Plymouth mentioned some boats had damaged free from their moorings.
On Tuesday, New York Metropolis noticed virtually 4 inches of rain in decrease Manhattan and and Brooklyn in 24 hours — that are quantities approaching the rainfall usually seen in a month.
The Nationwide Climate Service mentioned the storm would push off the East Coast and its heavy rains would start “petering out” Wednesday.
However the Northeast will not have a lot time to dry out, as there’s extra rain within the forecast for the area on Friday.
