- A powerful nor’easter struck the U.S. East Coast over the weekend, bringing heavy rain, high winds, and coastal flooding that left over 70,000 utility customers without power across the region.
- The National Weather Service warned of major inundation across multiple high tide cycles, particularly along New Jersey and Delaware shorelines, prompting local officials in low-lying coastal communities to issue voluntary evacuations.
- Travel was severely disrupted throughout New England and the Mid-Atlantic, resulting in dozens of canceled flights at major hubs like Boston Logan International Airport as well as suspended ferry operations to Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, and Block Island.
- The severe weather forced significant event disruptions, including the cancellation of Ed Sheeran's weekend concerts at Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts and adjustments to the Boston Red Sox baseball schedule.
- Meteorologists highlighted that because the storm arrived early in the fall season while leaves remained on trees, wind gusts reaching up to 65 mph posed a heightened risk of downing tree limbs, severing power lines, and creating road hazards.
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