Nor'easter causes flooding and cancels more than 400 flights in US Northeast — Jerusalem Post

A powerful nor'easter that swept across the US East Coast from Washington to the state of Maine caused flooding, power outages and air travel disruptions. On Saturday, airlines canceled more than 400 flights due to the bad weather, while at one point more than 100,000 homes and businesses were without power, the Jerusalem Post reports.

Thousands of homes and businesses without power

According to PowerOutage.com, as of 9:37 p.m. Eastern Time on Saturday, more than 73,000 homes and businesses in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania remained without electricity. In New York and Connecticut, the number of de-energized homes and businesses exceeded 20,000 in each state.

Earlier in the day, the combined number of outages in Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey exceeded 100,000. In New Jersey, flooding was reported from Bergen County in the north of the state to Cape May County in the south. Voluntary evacuations were announced in some communities along the Jersey Shore.

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Air travel disruptions and state of emergency

According to FlightAware, as of 9:50 p.m. on Saturday, 445 flights involving US airports had been canceled, while another 3,016 flights were delayed. Due to weather conditions, MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford announced that AC/DC's Friday concert had been postponed until October 2.

The US National Weather Service said the nor'easter would bring coastal flooding, dangerous rip currents, strong wind gusts and heavy rain to the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions through Monday. On Friday, the governors of New York and New Jersey declared states of emergency in counties expected to be hit hardest by the storm, including in New York City. Connecticut's governor activated the Emergency Operations Center.