More than 600,000 homes were without power Wednesday morning October 27 in the northeastern United States, swept by a violent coastal storm with gusts of up to 140 km / h, according to the US meteorological services (NWS).
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The state of Massachusetts was the most affected, with 466,000 homes without electricity at 8:00 a.m. (12:00 p.m. GMT), the weather authorities judging the situation “dangerous“And warning of”hurricane-type wind gusts“. The squalls uprooted many trees.
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«Travel is not recommended», Specified the weather services of Boston, the most important city of this New England state. The state of Rhode Island was also badly affected, with 91,000 homes without electricity. The situation should improve by the end of the day, according to the NWS, according to whom “coastal storm will move away from northeastern United States».
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