As many as 39 million Americans in the northeast states have been hit by a major Nor’easter that pummeled the region with torrential rains of 1 to 2-inches per hour at times and drenched New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and the southern New England states. The result has been dangerous commuting conditions and flash floods that have caused water rescues in parts of New Jersey.

The heavy rains drenched New York City north to Boston and beyond. The storm also included wind gust as high as 30 to 40 mph in New York City and 55 to 60 mph in Boston.

The Nor’easter punched into Connecticut on Wednesday causing more than 14,000 outages. Gusts are expected to continue into Wednesday afternoon.

The worst of the winds has been predicted for the coastal areas including Cape Cod where gusts forecast at 70 mph or stronger.

Falling trees due to the storm was expected to cause a number of power outages, especially through New England where the strength of the wind were highest.

The weather event is expected to produce the most rainfall in a day for New York City since Hurricane Ida dumped more than 7-inches last month.

The Nor’easter could become a bomb cyclone like the record storms that struck the west coast over the weekend. Although the storm in the northeast is not expected to be as bed as the storm in the west. The air pressure must drop 24 millibars in 24 hours to satisfy the conditions for a bomb cyclone. The drop in pressure during the western storm was 46 millibars in 24 hours.

Bomb cyclones are expected to be more prevalent because of climate change.

After the Nor’easter wrecks havoc on the east coast, it could move out over the warmer waters of the Gulf Stream and achieve tropical or subtropical traits.

Once this storm leaves the Northeast, forecasters say that the region will receive more rain on Friday. This storm will come from the Plains, which affected that area on Tuesday afternoon and evening.

Nearly 12 million people experienced severe storms on Tuesday across the central and southern Plains. Wind gusts exceeded 70 mph. Hail the size of softballs pummeled the region as did a few tornadoes.

On Wednesday, sections of the Gulf Coast including New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Mobile as well as Houston are expected to get the brunt of the storm.

As of 11:17 a.m. on Wednesday, October 27, the top areas of outages due to the storms were:

• Massachusetts 494,963
• Rhode Island 85,805
• Texas 85,710
• Connecticut 12,561
• New York 11,419
• Maine 6,932
• Louisiana 4,740
• Pennsylvania 4,681
• Virginia 3,395
• New Hampshire 3,203

Storms are striking all regions of the United States and due to climate change bomb cyclones and Nor’easters are becoming more widespread. More now than ever you and your family need protection from power outages due to severe storms and hurricanes.

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