Feb 23 (Reuters) – A winter storm across parts of the U.S. Northeast has left more than 571,000 homes and businesses without power, as officials across the region warned of heavy snow, strong winds and dangerous travel conditions.
The hardest-hit utilities included Eversource Energy in Massachusetts, where 224,781 of its 3.3 million customers were without power, followed by FirstEnergy, with more than 77,000 of its 6.2 million U.S. customers affected, according to PowerOutage.us.
The total number of power outages in New Jersey stands at 123,729.
The storm has made travel along the East Coast difficult. Airlines cancelled thousands of flights and officials urged people to stay off the roads.
Here are the major outages by state:
State Outages
Massachusetts 271,784
New Jersey 123,729
Delaware 73,304
Rhode Island 42,698
Maryland 25,892
New York 18,747
Virginia 15,549
Total Out 571,703
(Reporting by Anjana Anil in Bengaluru; editing by Barbara Lewis and Nia Williams)
