Powerful Nor’Easter Leading to Power Outages & Coastal Flooding

29 Jan 2022, 6:25 pm

Hurricane force winds are slamming the beaches of coastal Massachusetts.

Check out how our field crews are holding up against the winds:#MAwx #blizzard2022 #Noreaster pic.twitter.com/x3zNRUJmH4

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A powerful nor’easter is battering the Northeast, bringing hurricane force winds. The system is slowly pulling away to the northeast, but more accumulation is still expected in a handful of states into Sunday morning. Here is a look at some of the top totals so far, state by state:

Wind gusts have topped out above hurricane force. These are expected to slowly die down as a the low pressure center moves away from the U.S. coastline into Sunday morning.

We have more videos coming out of Boston, MA! Look at the heavy rate of the snow and the strong winds! One driver is having a hard time getting their car out the snow. Please stay off the roads if you can!#mawx #boston pic.twitter.com/ERNhRNeDKW

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At its peak, power was out to as many as 123,000 customers in Massachusetts alone. This number has been slowly lowering as crews work hard to restore power.

The island of #Nantucket is feeling the full force of the blizzard. In addition to wind and snow, the coastal flooding is surging into homes and businesses. #MAwx pic.twitter.com/Tw21q8mtYq

— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) January 29, 2022

This low officially “bombed out” and produced blizzard conditions in numerous states. The criteria for blizzard conditions is quite difficult to reach. Parts of Maine met the blizzard warning criteria for 5-6 straight hours!

Over 4500 flights were cancelled or delayed Saturday due to this storm. Some airports farther south are starting to see operations return closer to normal, but it is still recommended to check your flight status before heading to the airport. Pack your patience!

Many states are under States of Emergencies or Snow Emergencies. Travel is extremely discouraged unless absolutely necessary.

For more on this storm, join WeatherNation throughout the day for the latest updates and snow totals.

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Karissa is the Director of On-Air Operations at WeatherNation. Karissa grew up loving math and science, but really fell in love with Meteorology while attending the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. After two summers of storm chasing in the central plains, she knew that it was the career path for her. Standing in front of a thunderstorm and feeling the cool outflow knock her over was an e... Load Morexperience she will never forget. After two years at COD, she transferred to Metropolitan State University of Denver. Karissa graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelors of Science in Meteorology. Her high school and college speech and meteorology professors were extremely supportive and pushed her to succeed. Before joining the WeatherNation team, she previously worked as the Morning Meteorologist at KCAU-TV in Sioux City, Iowa and at WMBD-TV in Peoria, IL. She recently was part of a National Edward R. Murrow award winning team for breaking news for their coverage of the EF-4 tornado in Washington, Illinois. In her free time, Karissa enjoys cooking and trying new foods. She is a self proclaimed 'TV Junkie' who can get into just about any show. She is a die hard Chicago sports fan who loves attending professional sporting events.