{"id":911077,"date":"2026-09-27T02:16:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T02:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/911077\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T02:16:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T02:16:14","slug":"powerful-storm-brings-flooding-power-outages-to-northeastern-united-states-weather-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/911077\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerful storm brings flooding, power outages to northeastern United States | Weather News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__subhead\">Authorities warn residents that extreme conditions could pose risks and urge people to stay away from flooded areas.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"avatar\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/author\/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790475373_873_2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg\"   aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Published On 26 Sep 202626 Sep 2026<\/p>\n<p>Residents of the northeastern United States are facing a powerful storm known as a nor\u2019easter that has knocked out power and caused flooding across the region.<\/p>\n<p>The storm has led to the cancellation of more than 400 flights and power outages affecting more than 88,000 homes and businesses as of Saturday afternoon local time. That figure is down from a high of 119,000 earlier in the day.<\/p>\n<p>Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list<\/p>\n<p>Bob Oravec, lead forecaster with the National Weather Service in College Park, Maryland, said that the storm is likely to persist, with \u201ca lot of high winds, a lot of high tides and heavy rain possibility over the next few days for the northeastern US\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The governors of New York and New Jersey declared states of emergency in counties expected to see the worst of the storm, including New York City, on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4990699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/afp_6ab84415cb99-1790460949.jpg\" alt=\"NEW YORK CITY - SEPTEMBER 26: Large puddles and debris line a walkway in the Dumbo neighborhood in Brooklyn as a Nor'easter storm moves through the area on September 26, 2026 in New York City. New York and much of the Northeast expect a weekend of high winds, rain, and possible flooding in coastal communities as the storm passes through. Spencer Platt\/Getty Images\/AFP (Photo by SPENCER PLATT \/ GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA \/ Getty Images via AFP)\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/>Large puddles and debris line a walkway in the Dumbo neighbourhood in Brooklyn as a nor\u2019easter moves through the area on September 26, 2026 in New York [Spencer Platt\/Getty Images via AFP]<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have also warned residents about the risks of flooding and high tides, cautioning people to stay away from the beach and areas inundated with water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone who goes in or near the water this weekend is literally gambling with their life,\u201d New York Governor Kathy Hochul said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the warnings, people have been seen kayaking down flooded streets in Long Island, New York, while others took advantage of large swells in Hampton, New Hampshire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn all the canals, the water is up really high and coming into people\u2019s back yards,\u201d Jay Boyd, a resident of Ocean City, Maryland, told The Associated Press news agency.<\/p>\n<p>Oravec said that nor\u2019easters are not unusual as the region of New England enters the autumn season, but that \u201cthis might be a little earlier than average for a big storm\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4990704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/reuters_6ab84453-1790461011.jpg\" alt=\"A surfer catches a wave as a nor'easter batters the US northeast coast, in Rockaway, New Jersey, US, September 26, 2026. REUTERS\/Caitlin Ochs\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/>A surfer catches a wave as a nor\u2019easter batters the US northeast coast, in Rockaway, New Jersey, on September 26, 2026 [Caitlin Ochs\/Reuters]<\/p>\n<p>About 425 flights have been cancelled and 1,338 delayed so far on Saturday, according to data from the flight tracker FlightAware.<\/p>\n<p>Concerts and sporting events have also been cancelled, including musician <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/9\/25\/ed-sheeran-concerts-at-robert-kraft-stadiums-cancelled-over-weather\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ed Sheeran\u2019s<\/a> scheduled shows in the state of Massachusetts on Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities warn residents that extreme conditions could pose risks and urge people to stay away from flooded areas.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":911078,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2848,893,43,44,41,39,42,40,772,1690,1133],"class_list":["post-911077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-climate","tag-government","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-united-states","tag-us-canada","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=911077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/911078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=911077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=911077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=911077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}