Rain, Wind Wallop Snow-Weary Mid-Atlantic

Hundreds of thousands without power after powerful Northeaster

By the Associated Press

Posted Mar 14, 2010 3:59 PM CDT

(AP) – Last month, the Northeast was smothered by blizzards. Now, it's waterlogged by torrential rains. The region mopped up today following a weekend storm complete with high wind and heavy rains that uprooted trees, downed power lines, and flooded some creeks and rivers. Five people died in storm-related accidents, and hundreds of thousands in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut lost electricity at the peak of the storm, which carried wind gusts of up to 70 mph.

The Northeaster struck about 2 weeks after heavy snow and hurricane-force winds left more than a million customers in the Northeast in the dark. "I spent most of the past few months clearing snow and ice out my driveway, sidewalks, front walks, and now we're picking up all these branches," said one Egg Harbor City, NJ, resident. "It seems like we've had every type of weather event you could have this winter—I'm almost afraid to see what else can happen."

A tree that crashed through the side of a home in Wantagh, NY, lies across cars in a driveway Sunday, March 14, 2010. (Chris Corradino)

A tree lies across a smashed car in Wantagh, NY, Sunday, March 14, 2010. Strong winds and heavy rain downed trees and power lines, leaving hundreds of thousands of Northeasterners without power. (Chris Corradino)

A view from the bridge in West Newton, Pa., where the Youghiogheny River crested below flood stage early Sunday, March 14, 2010. (John Heller)

A tree rests on a car and house Sunday, March 14, 2010, in Hartsdale, NY, after being damaged during storms that ripped through sections of the Northeast. (Craig Ruttle)

Trucks drive through a flooded road in Greenburgh, NY, Sunday, March 14, 2010, after a storm passed through the region. (Craig Ruttle)

Iris Solano stands on her porch and takes in the debris of her neighbor's house, which collapsed in a storm that pounded the region over the weekend, Sunday, March 14, 2010, in Atlantic City, NJ. (Mel Evans)

A man rides a bicycle past an overturned shed Sunday, March 14, 2010, in Atlantic City, NJ. Strong winds and heavy rain downed trees and power lines throughout the Northeast on Saturday. (Mel Evans)

A storage shed rests upside down against a chain link fence in a parking lot adjacent to Showboat Atlantic City Hotel & Casino, Saturday, March 13, 2010, in Atlantic City, NJ. (Sean M. Fitzgerald)

A tree downed during heavy rainstorms covers two parked cars in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, March 14, 2010. Strong winds and heavy rain wreaked havoc in the Northeast over the weekend. (Jacqueline Larma)

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