A major winter storm dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of the Northeast, knocking out power at one point to more than 250,000 customers, and more snow was on the way, forecasters said Tuesday.
No deaths have been reported in the nor’easter that has been hitting New England and other states, but more than 2 feet of snow had been reported in parts of Worcester County, Massachusetts, by 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
“This isn’t over,” Vermont Gov. Phil Scott said. “We have some concerns about what the high winds are going to bring, and more snow to other parts of the state. A lot of power outages in the southern part.”
Around 19 inches of snow was recorded in Rutland County, Vermont, by 5 p.m. Tuesday. Another 6 to 12 inches were possible in that state, as well as in northern New Hampshire and Maine, the weather service said.
There were more than 260,000 customers without power in New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine as of 8 p.m., according to tracking website PowerOutage.us. Utility National Grid said heavy, wet snow and winds caused widespread damage to its systems.
More than 700 flights into or out of the New York City area airports of LaGuardia and Newark and at Boston’s Logan International were canceled Tuesday, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware.
In Derry, New Hampshire, where around a foot snow fell, a child was trapped by a falling tree, the fire department said. Firefighters and police officers used chainsaws and their bare hands to free the child, who was taken to a hospital and had minor injuries, the department said.
“Please stay off the roads if possible,” New Hampshire State Police tweeted Tuesday, warning of whiteout conditions. There were more than 120 crashes and vehicles off the road in the seven hours between 5 a.m. and noon, it said.
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