The storm also caused widespread travel nightmares. In the Maine town of Mexico, two people vanished after their vehicle was swept into rising floodwater, local police said Tuesday. Heavy rain and ferocious winds in Massachusetts caused a tree to fall on a small travel trailer in Plymouth County, fatally injuring an 89-year-old man inside, the local district attorney said.Īnd on Wednesday, Maine’s governor confimed two deaths in her state, “with two people still missing.” Those deaths were in South Carolina, Pennsylvania and New York. Three of those killed were people in their 70s who died after their vehicles were submerged in water, officials said. Where’s the snow? Feet of snow is missing in major Northeast cities and recent storms are no help People walk through Brooklyn's Prospect Park on a snowy morning over on Februin New York City. “Right now, there are 68 state road closures – down from nearly 100 yesterday – as a result of downed trees and power lines and significant infrastructure damage,” Maine Gov.

While the brunt of the storm has passed, travel remains treacherous in some areas due to damaged roads and widespread flooding. #mewx #nhwx /wm9xkXtwSL- NWS Gray December 20, 2023 Any standing water will likely freeze in place and be an issue for awhile, if any mitigation can be taken to drain water from areas safely, now will be the time to do it. Heads up!! Colder air has arrived and will continue over the coming days.

But it’s a small consolation for residents with no heat as nighttime temperatures across much of the state will plunge into the teens by the end of the week. That’s a big drop from the 400,000 outages in Maine during the peak of the storm. More than 140,000 Maine power customers – such as homes and businesses – had no electricity as of Wednesday night, according to. A deadly storm that deluged much of the the Northeast has given way to frigid temperatures as tens of thousands of people grapple with no electricity in the cold.

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