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Nor’easter storm batters US east coast with heavy winds and power outages
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At least one person killed and nearly 150,000 households lost electricity from North Carolina to New England A strong, deadly storm known as a nor’easter battered the US’s east coast over the weekend, bringing power outages, flooding, damaging winds and hazardous ocean conditions
At least one person killed and nearly 150,000 households lost electricity from North Carolina to New England A strong, deadly storm known as a nor’easter battered the US’s east coast over the weekend, bringing power outages, flooding, damaging winds and hazardous ocean conditions. Trees and power lines were knocked down across the region, at least one person was killed and hundreds of thousands were left without electricity as officials cautioned that conditions could deteriorate further. Continue reading...
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