New York and New Jersey declare states of emergency as nor'easter batters East Coast
New York and New Jersey have declared states of emergency as a powerful nor'easter brings flooding, 80mph gusts and outages to tens of millions on the US East Coast.
New York and New Jersey have declared states of emergency as a powerful nor’easter batters the US East Coast, with more than 30 million people under wind advisories and a similar number under coastal flooding advisories on Saturday.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency on Friday covering the Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond, Suffolk and Westchester counties, saying: “I’m declaring a State of Emergency for Nassau, Suffolk, New York City and Westchester as this powerful coastal storm bears down on the region,” warning of dangerous coastal flooding, strong winds and power outages, the New York Post reported.
New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill declared a state of emergency across eight counties — Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and Salem — effective from 5pm on Friday, Times Now reported.
Nearly 30,000 New Jersey customers were without power by 7am on Saturday, according to PowerOutage.us figures cited by the Post, with around 22,000 in New York also in the dark. AccuWeather forecast gusts of up to 80mph along northern Long Island and into Cape Cod, with rain bands of four to eight inches between Long Island and Boston, USA Today reported.
The storm has been flooding coastal roads since Thursday, when it washed out a section of the Outer Banks highway in North Carolina. The National Weather Service said the slow-moving system will linger through three high-tide cycles coinciding with full-moon king tides, compounding flood risk from the Chesapeake Bay to New England. Concerts by Ed Sheeran, Alicia Keys and Lenny Kravitz were cancelled, and Saturday’s Chicago Cubs–Boston Red Sox baseball game was moved to Sunday in Florida, USA Today reported.
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