CNN/ US, Storm whips Northeast with rain, floods; over 1 million customers lose power
Tehran (KNA) - A powerful storm will pound the Northeast with drenching rain, howling winds and surging waves for a second day Saturday.
The nor'easter has already killed at least five people, prompted the cancellation of more than 3,300 flights, snarled ground traffic and knocked out power to more than 1 million customers -- with more than 440,000 of them in Massachusetts. Virginia had at least 301,671 customers without power, and the Washington, D.C., area counted over 154,000 people without power.
Massachusetts is taking the brunt of the storm, which hit Friday and is not expected to ease up until midday Saturday.High tides powered coastal flooding in Boston and other towns, leaving city streets awash for the second time since a massive nor'easter in early January. Record-setting high tides might strike Boston Harbor late Friday night and late Saturday morning.Kayakers paddled down Boston streets and national guardsmen rescued 50 people from their homes in nearby Quincy, sometimes carrying them to safety in the scoopers of front-end loaders, CNN affiliate WBZ reported. Twenty-two million people were under a coastal flooding warning as of Friday.
Source:CNN