TODAY's Al Roker reports from Connecticut where a nor'easter barreled through the Northeast region already ravaged by Superstorm Sandy, bringing pounding surf and heavy wet snow and rain.
By Miguel Llanos and Ian Johnston, NBC News
Residents across the Northeast woke up Thursday to more than 100,000 new power outages and record early snow from a nor'easter that struck just 10 days after Superstorm Sandy battered the region.
"We're right back to the same situation," Kirk Walker of Hackensack, N.J., told NBCNewYork.com after power went out for the third time at his home since Sandy struck.
"They said it was gonna be a rough winter," Walker added. "Sign of things to come, I guess."
The number of new outages was estimated at between 110,000 and 120,000 homes and businesses, according to NBC.
The storm boasted wind gusts of more than 50 mph and dropped heavy snow on already-weakened tree limbs, leading to the new outages.
With the new outages, nearly 700,000 customers are without power across the Northeast.
Are you left in the lurch after Sandy?
Record snowfall totals were recorded across the area:
"This is a classic nor'easter," NBC meteorologist Al Roker said on TODAY, "just very early."
In New Jersey, parts of which saw 9 inches of snow, police said ice and snow contributed to the deaths of two people in a car whose driver was speeding, NBCPhiladelphia reported.
Two people also died in Connecticut in traffic accidents attributed to snow, The Associated Press reported.
Throughout the region, people wore coats indoors as they endured yet another night without heat. Some of those who had weathered Sandy told NBCNewYork.com they felt like a cruel joke was being played on them.
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"Kind of laughing about it at this point," said Danny Arnedos, of Oyster Bay, Long Island. "To go from a hurricane to a nor'easter and driving in the snow in 10 days is pretty unbelievable."
"I am waiting for the locusts and pestilence next," New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Wednesday.
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The National Weather Service forecast that the storm will affect New England on Thursday before heading out to sea.
Coastal flooding proved minimal, but commuter bus and train services were disrupted by the storm, with the Long Island Rail Road briefly shutting down all operations to the city's eastern suburbs on Wednesday night.
Full NBC coverage of Sandy's aftermath
Airports saw canceled flights and delays on Wednesday due to the storm, and gasoline remained in short supply.
Reuters contributed to this report.
Just 10 days after Hurricane Sandy knocked out power to thousands of Northeast residents, a powerful nor'easter plunged many homes back into darkness. NBC's Erica Hill reports.
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By Miguel Llanos and Ian Johnston, NBC News
Residents across the Northeast woke up Thursday to more than 100,000 new power outages and record early snow from a nor'easter that struck just 10 days after Superstorm Sandy battered the region.
"We're right back to the same situation," Kirk Walker of Hackensack, N.J., told NBCNewYork.com after power went out for the third time at his home since Sandy struck.
"They said it was gonna be a rough winter," Walker added. "Sign of things to come, I guess."
The number of new outages was estimated at between 110,000 and 120,000 homes and businesses, according to NBC.
The storm boasted wind gusts of more than 50 mph and dropped heavy snow on already-weakened tree limbs, leading to the new outages.
With the new outages, nearly 700,000 customers are without power across the Northeast.
Are you left in the lurch after Sandy?
Record snowfall totals were recorded across the area:
- New York’s Central Park received 4.4 inches of snow on Wednesday -- a record for a Nov. 7 and the earliest 4-inch total in the park's history, NBCNewYork.com reported. By Thursday morning the total had reached 4.7 inches.
- A record snowfall of 2 inches was set at Newark, N.J., breaking the old record of a trace amount set in 1981.
- Bridgeport, Conn., received 3.5 inches of snow, beating the Nov. 7 record of 2 inches set in 1953.
"This is a classic nor'easter," NBC meteorologist Al Roker said on TODAY, "just very early."
In New Jersey, parts of which saw 9 inches of snow, police said ice and snow contributed to the deaths of two people in a car whose driver was speeding, NBCPhiladelphia reported.
Two people also died in Connecticut in traffic accidents attributed to snow, The Associated Press reported.
Throughout the region, people wore coats indoors as they endured yet another night without heat. Some of those who had weathered Sandy told NBCNewYork.com they felt like a cruel joke was being played on them.
For full storm coverage, visit Weather.com
"Kind of laughing about it at this point," said Danny Arnedos, of Oyster Bay, Long Island. "To go from a hurricane to a nor'easter and driving in the snow in 10 days is pretty unbelievable."
"I am waiting for the locusts and pestilence next," New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Wednesday.
Official: NY disaster chief fired over tree removal
The National Weather Service forecast that the storm will affect New England on Thursday before heading out to sea.
Coastal flooding proved minimal, but commuter bus and train services were disrupted by the storm, with the Long Island Rail Road briefly shutting down all operations to the city's eastern suburbs on Wednesday night.
Full NBC coverage of Sandy's aftermath
Airports saw canceled flights and delays on Wednesday due to the storm, and gasoline remained in short supply.
Reuters contributed to this report.
Just 10 days after Hurricane Sandy knocked out power to thousands of Northeast residents, a powerful nor'easter plunged many homes back into darkness. NBC's Erica Hill reports.
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