Coastal towns in Massachusetts continue to struggle without power after a damaging nor’easter blew through the state.
The nor’easter blew through New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts on Tuesday and Wednesday. With trees uprooted, houses damaged, and towns in recovery, many have been left without power. The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency estimates that more than 300,000 state residents are without power as of Thursday morning.
“There is significant work left to be done,” Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said in a Wednesday briefing, noting that the recovery will take several days. “The most significant impact that we’re seeing at this point, obviously, relates to the power outage.”
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The nor’easter hit the coast on Monday and affected Massachusetts between Tuesday and Wednesday. The National Weather Service estimates that the storm’s winds reached 80 mph on average along Massachusetts’s coast and eventually reached a peak of 94 mph.
The wind speeds were fast enough to send a small plane in New Bedford flying over a nearby fence, damaging the nose and wings in the process.
Rhode Island also reported 15,000 customers without power on Thursday.
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New York and New Jersey declared a state of emergency in response to the nor’easter earlier this week.
Forecasters at AccuWeather claim that this is just the first of several storms anticipated to hit the Northeast in the final week of October.
