New York: Strong coastal storms knock down trees and leave more than 600,000 houses without electricity in the Northeast United States on Wednesday.
The state of Massachusetts is the most difficult blow, with 495,000 houses without power at 9:00 a.m.
(1300 GMT), according to the poweroutage.us website.
National weather services called dangerous situations and warned the gusts of hurricanes and many trees fell.
“The trip was not recommended,” NWS office said in Boston.
Rhode Island is also very affected, with 96,000 houses without electricity.
NWS said the situation must increase towards the end of the day and that the storm “will move further off the coast tonight.” It wet the New York region on Monday night and Tuesday before packing winds nearly 100 mph overnight until Wednesday heading north.
The storm forced the closure of dozens of schools in New England and lowered electrical channels and branches, throwing many roads with debris.
In Barnstable, Massachusetts police saved a woman from her car after falling trees, local media reported.
In the coastal city of Duxbury, South Boston, the fire department said it responded to 90 calls in 12 hours due to a storm.