One dead as powerful storm brings flooding, power cuts to northeastern US

Nor’easter leads to the cancellation of more than 400 flights and power outages affecting 73,000 homes and businesses.

Al JazeeraAl Jazeera Staff2026-09-26 22:51查看原文 ↗

Authorities warn residents that extreme conditions could pose risks and urge people to stay away from flooded areas.

A family carrying personal belongings walks on a flooded street in Wildwood, New Jersey, US, on September 26, 2026, after heavy rain from a nor'easter [Vincent Alban/Reuters]

Residents of the northeastern United States are facing a northeaster, a powerful storm commonly known as a nor’easter, that has knocked out power and caused flooding across the region.

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.

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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.

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.

Concerts and sporting events were also cancelled, including musician Ed Sheeran’s scheduled shows in the state of Massachusetts on Friday and Saturday.

Bob Oravec, lead forecaster with the National Weather Service in College Park, Maryland, said the storm is likely to persist, with “a lot of high winds, a lot of high tides and heavy rain possibility over the next few days for the northeastern US”.

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.

Large puddles and debris line a walkway in the Dumbo neighbourhood in Brooklyn, New York, on September 26, 2026, as a nor’easter moves through the area [Spencer Platt/Getty via AFP]

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.

“Anyone who goes in or near the water this weekend is literally gambling with their life,” New York Governor Kathy Hochul said.

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.

“In all the canals, the water is up really high and coming into people’s back yards,” Jay Boyd, a resident of Ocean City, Maryland, told The Associated Press news agency.

Oravec said nor’easters are not unusual as the region of New England enters the autumn season, but that “this might be a little earlier than average for a big storm”.

A surfer catches a wave in Rockaway, New Jersey, on September 26, 2026, as a nor’easter batters the US northeast coast [Caitlin Ochs/Reuters]

当局警告居民，极端天气状况可能带来风险，并敦促人们远离洪水地区。

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美国东北部居民正面临东北风暴的侵袭，这场威力强大的风暴通常被称为“东北风暴”，它导致该地区停电并引发洪水。

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因天气原因，原定在罗伯特·克拉夫特体育场举行的3场艾德·希兰演唱会中的第3场被取消。

根据航班追踪网站 FlightAware 的数据，截至美国东部标准时间晚上 9:50（格林尼治标准时间 01:50），约有 425 个航班被取消，3016 个航班延误。

截至当地时间周六晚间，这场风暴还导致近7.3万户家庭和企业停电。这一数字较当天早些时候的11.9万户有所下降。

音乐会和体育赛事也被取消，其中包括音乐人艾德·希兰原定于周五和周六在马萨诸塞州举行的演出。

美国国家气象局马里兰州大学城首席预报员鲍勃·奥拉维克表示，这场风暴可能会持续，“未来几天美国东北部地区可能会出现强风、高潮和暴雨”。