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US east coast braces for flooding and outages from nor'easter · GNN Daily Breaking News

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  Speaker 1: A powerful early-season nor'easter lashed the United States' Atlantic coast,
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  Speaker 1: bringing gale-force winds, torrential downpours, and severe coastal inundation to
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  Speaker 1: communities stretching from the mid-Atlantic to eastern New England. Millions
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  Speaker 1: of residents across multiple states faced hazardous conditions over the
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  Speaker 1: weekend as the atmospheric system generated high seas, extensive beach erosion,
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  Speaker 1: and widespread infrastructure disruptions. National Weather Service forecasters issued extensive
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  Speaker 1: coastal flood advisories and high wind warnings, emphasizing that the
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  Speaker 1: timing of the early autumn storm, arriving while trees maintain
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  Speaker 1: full seasonal foliage, significantly heightened the threat of downed limbs
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  Speaker 1: and electrical grid failures. The storm's heaviest initial impacts manifested
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  Speaker 1: across low-lying coastal areas of New Jersey, Long Island, and
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  Speaker 1: southern New England. where storm surges pushed ocean waters deep
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  Speaker 1: into residential neighborhoods. Municipal leaders in several coastal towns issued
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  Speaker 1: voluntary evacuation orders and established emergency shelters as floodwaters inundated roadways,
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  Speaker 1: isolating shore communities and submerging vehicles. Peak wind gusts approached
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  Speaker 1: 65 miles per hour on Cape Cod and the offshore
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  Speaker 1: islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, while gusty conditions inland
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  Speaker 1: destabilized saturated soil. downing power lines and leaving tens of
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  Speaker 1: thousands of utility customers without electricity. Regional transit networks experienced
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  Speaker 1: major operational delays as the weather system disrupted air, sea,
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  Speaker 1: and ground travel. Major commercial airlines issued travel waivers for
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  Speaker 1: regional hubs, canceling dozens of domestic flights heading into Boston,
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  Speaker 1: New York, and coastal New England terminals. Maritime transport grounded
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  Speaker 1: across the Northeast Corridor with public ferry operators canceling service
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  Speaker 1: to Block Island, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket due to hazardous
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  Speaker 1: wave heights and restricted harbor access. Public safety agencies and
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  Speaker 1: emergency management personnel continue monitoring vulnerable shorelines, warning residents that
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  Speaker 1: high astronomical tides through the early part of the week
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  Speaker 1: could prolong coastal flooding risks.