By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press | Clarion Energy Content Directors
Parts of the Northeast U.S. were hit Tuesday by a snowstorm that left more than 130,000 customers still without power in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, canceled and delayed flights, and made roads slippery.
Power companies, including First Energy subsidiaries Jersey Central Power & Light and Penelec, said they were ready to respond to possible outages that could occur because of trees and branches falling onto electricity lines. There were more than 145,000 outages reported Tuesday morning in Pennsylvania, but few outages in New York and New England, according to the tracking site poweroutage.us.
The highest snowfall totals, around 8 inches (20 centimeters) and possibly more in some locations, were expected from the northern New York City suburbs to Connecticut, Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts, according to the National Weather Service. Wind gusts of up to 60 mph (96 kph) and some coastal flooding were possible along the Massachusetts coast.
In the South, flood watches covered much of Alabama and parts of central Georgia on Monday. Up to 5 inches (12.7 centimeters) of rain was expected in parts of Georgia and Alabama, the National Weather Service warned.
