Storm slams US Northeast, knocks out power
08:57, 17 March 2010
NEW JERSEY. March 17. KAZINFORM A torrential rainstorm that brought heavy winds to the Northeast, downing trees, flooding roadways and knocking out power, continued to pour rain on New England on Monday; Kazinform refers to the Arab News.
At least nine people died in storm-related accidents, and nearly half a million people were without electricity in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut at the peak of the storm.
The ferocious storm led to near-record numbers of 911 calls in New York. New York City experienced the second-highest volume of 911 calls ever. It got 65,000 calls between 11 p.m. Friday and 11 p.m. Saturday, second only to the 96,000 calls made during the 2003 blackout.
While the rain tapered off south of New York on Monday morning, wind-whipped precipitation continued to fall in New England; Kazinform cites the Arab News.
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