‘We’re facing an absolute mess’: Electricity providers battle thousands of outagespublished at 12:19 GMT
12:19 GMT
Power outages are affecting hundreds of thousands of people across the north-east US right now, according to the live tracker Power Outage.
This includes 122,000 customers in New Jersey, 99,000 in Massachusetts and 71,000 in Delaware, as of 07:00 EST (12:00 GMT).
One New Jersey-based electrics company, Atlantic City Electric, says it is “prepared to respond to any issues”.
Delaware Electric Coop says it’s “facing an absolute mess” due to “countless trees, powerlines and utility poles” being struck down by the snow.
“We’ll be calling on our friends from neighbouring mid-Atlantic cooperatives to help us get the lights back – a process we think will take days,” it says.