Eight New Jersey counties under state of emergency as storm lingers
A nor’easter that struck the mid-Atlantic and New England over the weekend left nearly 150,000 households without electricity from North Carolina to New England by Sunday, according to the tracking site Poweroutage.US. The storm brought significant coastal flooding, rough surf, high winds, rain and dangerous rip currents across the region. Boston and the New York City tri-state area were among the regions affected.
In Brooklyn on Saturday, police said a 56-year-old New York City Housing Authority employee was pronounced dead at Brookdale University Hospital after a tree came down on him in a Brooklyn parking lot. Authorities had not immediately determined whether wind caused the tree to fall.
In Queens, a tree fell at about 5:40 pm in the Glendale area, bringing down power lines and forcing authorities to close the roadway. As a precaution, the New York City Fire Department evacuated a nearby building. No injuries were reported.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency covering the Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond, Suffolk and Westchester counties. Eight New Jersey counties remained under a separate state of emergency issued before the coastal storm arrived. Along the Jersey Shore, residents spent Saturday removing debris and cleaning up between periods of high tide after flood water pushed into streets and homes near the coast.
The Federal Aviation Administration advised travelers to check with their airlines for updated flight information. FlightAware reported more than 3,000 US flight delays and nearly 430 cancellations.
The storm was forecast to continue into the early part of the week, with flooding expected to rise and recede along the tides. The National Weather Service expected significant coastal flooding from the Jersey Shore south to the northern Outer Banks of North Carolina, with more moderate flooding forecast along the Massachusetts coast.