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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Leah Willingham

Powerful nor’easter floods Northeast, leaves over 100,000 without power as high tides threaten coast

APTOPIX New Hampshire Extreme Weather Nor'easter - (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

A powerful nor’easter continued to batter the Northeast on Sunday, flooding coastal communities and leaving tens of thousands of homes and businesses without power as forecasters warned that another round of high tides could inundate vulnerable shorelines.

The slow-moving storm, which killed a New York City housing authority worker when a tree fell Saturday, was expected to linger through Sunday with heavy rain, strong winds and dangerous surf from New Jersey to New England.

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