A strong nor'easter that swept the US East Coast from Washington, D.C., to Maine over the weekend caused extensive disruption to utilities, travel and local communities.
At its height on Saturday the storm left more than 100,000 homes and businesses without power. By 9:37 p.m. ET (0137 GMT) the number of customers still without electricity had fallen to more than 73,000 across Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania, according to outage aggregation site PowerOutage.com. New York and Connecticut each reported more than 20,000 customers without power at that time.
Earlier in the day, outages in Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey combined to exceed 100,000. Utilities in the affected states worked to restore service as weather conditions moderated in some areas.
Flight operations were significantly affected. Flight tracker FlightAware reported that, as of 9:50 p.m. ET (0150 GMT), 445 flights involving US airports had been canceled on Saturday and 3,016 flights were delayed. Airlines adjusted schedules as airports and air traffic control managed the storm's impact on arrivals and departures.
Coastal and inland flooding were reported in New Jersey, with NJ.com documenting inundation from Bergen County in the north down to Cape May County in the south. Some Jersey Shore communities issued voluntary evacuations while local authorities monitored rising water levels and storm-related hazards.
Lives and scheduled events were also affected. MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford announced that the AC/DC concert originally set for Friday was postponed until October 2.
State governments took precautionary steps in anticipation of the worst impacts. Governors of New York and New Jersey declared states of emergency on Friday for counties expected to bear the brunt of the storm, including New York City. Connecticut's governor activated the state's Emergency Operations Center to coordinate response efforts.
The US National Weather Service advised that the nor'easter would bring coastal flooding, rip currents, strong wind gusts and heavy rain across the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions through Monday. Emergency managers and utility crews remained on alert as the storm system continued to track along the coast.