Nor’easter on Steroids: Coastal Chaos as Storm Knocks Out Power, Flooding Threatens Millions
Meteorologists traced the storm’s origins to a low-pressure system off the southeast U.S. coast that intensified as it drifted north. By Sunday afternoon it was dragging an Atlantic feeder band up into New England, prompting flood and wind advisories in many states. The Weather Channel and ABC News reported 1–3 inches of rain inland and noted “significant coastal flooding, along with significant beach erosion and high surf” from Virginia through Long Island abcnews.go.com. Overnight Sunday, moderate coastal flooding struck parts of North Carolina and New Jersey on a spring high tide, confirming forecasts. The focus of the storm then shifted to New England: as of Monday morning the weather service recorded gusts up to 47 mph in Bridgeport and Stamford, CT sheltonherald.com, and 50–60 mph along eastern Long Island. High wind warnings remained in effect for Long Island, where major flooding was predicted in bay areas, and wind advisories from New York City to Cape Cod. By midnight Sunday, utilities reported extensive but localized outages. Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs showed 5,000+ customers without power cbsnews.com. Almost all were near the coast in communities like Quincy, Scituate and Falmouth. Connecticut’s Eversource and UI had about 5,400 total outages early Monday
