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Nor’easter storm floods coastal areas from New Jersey to New England

Nor’easter storm floods coastal areas from New Jersey to New England

Powerful weather system pummels shoreline for a second day, knocking out power to tens of thousands Residents of coastal communities in the US’s north-east slogged through floodwaters for a second day as a powerful storm known as a nor’easter pummeled the shoreline on Sunday , knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes. Tidal surges swamped low-lying neighborhoods in New Jersey while wind gusts toppled trees on New York ’s Long Island, damaging homes and bringing down utility poles. Continue reading...

Sep 28, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Powerful storm batters US northeast

Powerful storm batters US northeast

Residents of coastal communities in the US northeast slogged through floodwaters for a second day as a powerful storm pummeled the shoreline Sunday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes. Tidal surges swamped low-lying neighborhoods in New Jersey while wind gusts toppled trees on New York's Long Island, damaging homes and bringing down utility poles.

Sep 28, 2026 · byFrance 24
Nor’easter causes flooding, power outages and flight disruptions across US Northeast

Nor’easter causes flooding, power outages and flight disruptions across US Northeast

New York: A powerful nor’easter sweeping across the US East Coast has triggered widespread flooding, power outages and travel disruptions from Washington, D.C. to Maine. More than 68,000 homes and businesses in New Jersey, Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania remained without electricity on Saturday evening, according to power outage tracking data. Earlier in the day, the number exceeded 119,000 customers. New York was the hardest-hit state, with more than 31,000 customers still without power, while Connecticut and New Jersey each reported more than 12,000 outages. PSEG Long Island said severe weather affected more than 13,000 customers across Long Island and the Rockaways, with strong winds bringing down trees, branches and power lines. The utility said it had already restored electricity to more than 45,000 customers affected since Friday morning. Central Hudson Gas & Electric said crews were working to restore power to more than 19,000 homes and businesses in New York state, particularly in parts of Ulster County, with repair work expected to continue into Sunday. The storm also caused significant flooding across parts of New Jersey, from Bergen County in the north to Cape May County in the south. Some communities along the Jersey Shore issued voluntary evacuation notices. Flooded section of Rt. 36 near Avenel Blvd., Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026 in Long Branch, N.J. AP In East Rutherford, New Jersey, MetLife Stadium announced that rock band AC/DC's concert scheduled for Friday had been postponed until October 2 due to the weather. Air travel was heavily affected, with flight-tracking service FlightAware reporting 439 flight cancellations and 2,459 delays involving US airports by Saturday evening. The US National Weather Service warned that the nor’easter would continue bringing coastal flooding, dangerous rip currents, strong wind gusts and heavy rainfall across the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions through Monday. In response, the governors of New York and New Jersey declared states of emergency in areas expected to experience the worst conditions, including New York City. Connecticut also activated its Emergency Operations Center to coordinate response efforts. Authorities continue to monitor the storm as emergency crews work to restore power and address flooding-related impacts across the region.

Sep 27, 2026 · byMobile Business
Taryn Simon on her most ambitious exhibition yet: ‘It’s built almost like a novel’

Taryn Simon on her most ambitious exhibition yet: ‘It’s built almost like a novel’

The multidisciplinary artist delves into pockets of history, including within her family, for the largest ever debut of new work staged at the Guggenheim Taryn Simon is seated in a conference room at the Guggenheim, looking dazed. Her new show, Father Country I Do Love You, opens in under three weeks. It’s a big deal, the first monographic exhibition by a photography-based artist in the iconic spiral rotunda, and the largest debut of new work ever staged at the museum. There’s still a lot of work to be done. Downstairs, the lobby is being transformed into the Bangkok living room of Jim Thompson, a silk businessman-slash-spy who disappeared in 1967. Simon’s father, a US government worker, was living in Thailand at the time and figured that the Chinese got him, if not a tiger. When Simon was nine, the father and daughter recreated Thompson’s famous wood-panelled den back in Long Island. “And then I built it here with fake teak,” she says, voice wilting. “It’s driving me nuts. I’ve spent so much time trying to make non-teak look like teak.” Continue reading...

Sep 20, 2026 · byThe Guardian