{"id":862345,"date":"2026-09-27T10:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T10:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/862345\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T10:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T10:32:10","slug":"one-dead-as-powerful-storm-brings-flooding-power-cuts-to-northeastern-us-weather-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/862345\/","title":{"rendered":"One dead as powerful storm brings flooding, power cuts to northeastern US | Weather News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Authorities warn residents that extreme conditions could pose risks and urge people to stay away from flooded areas.<\/p>\n

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Published On 26 Sep 202626 Sep 2026<\/p>\n

Residents of the northeastern United States are facing a northeaster, a powerful storm commonly known as nor\u2019easter, that has knocked out power and caused flooding across the region.<\/p>\n

The New York City Housing Authority said on Saturday one of its employees was killed by a fallen tree in Brooklyn, as the storm battered the city with rain and strong winds.<\/p>\n

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About 425 flights have been cancelled and 3,016 delayed as of 9:50pm Eastern Standard Time (01:50 GMT), according to data from the flight tracker FlightAware.<\/p>\n

The storm also led to power outages affecting nearly 73,000 homes and businesses as of Saturday night local time. That figure is down from a high of 119,000 earlier in the day.<\/p>\n

Concerts and sporting events were also cancelled, including musician Ed Sheeran\u2019s<\/a> scheduled shows in the state of Massachusetts on Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n

Bob Oravec, lead forecaster with the National Weather Service in College Park, Maryland, said 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

Earlier on Friday, the governors of New York and New Jersey had declared states of emergency in counties expected to see the worst of the storm, including New York.<\/p>\n

\"NEWLarge puddles and debris line a walkway in the Dumbo neighbourhood in Brooklyn, New York, on September 26, 2026, as a nor\u2019easter moves through the area [Spencer Platt\/Getty via AFP]<\/p>\n

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

\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

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

\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

Oravec said 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

\"AA surfer catches a wave in Rockaway, New Jersey, on September 26, 2026, as a nor\u2019easter batters the US northeast coast [Caitlin Ochs\/Reuters]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities warn residents that extreme conditions could pose risks and urge people to stay away from flooded areas.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":862346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,1687,2420,3,21,19,22,20,25,1209,24,2986],"class_list":["post-862345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-climate","tag-government","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-canada","tag-usa","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}