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U.S. NEWS Saturday 2 November 2019
Storms kill 2, knock

out power, downs

trees on East Coast

By WILSON RING posted a video of a small
Associated Press school bus driving through
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — floodwaters Thursday af-
Storms that began on Hal- ter a line of heavy rain
loween killed at least two came through a suburban
people, caused flooding, neighborhood. The video
downed trees and power showed water reaching
lines and damaged homes above the headlights and
across the Northeast on Fri- near the hood of the bus,
day. which the school district
By Friday afternoon, the said was carrying students.
number of people without The bus company told the
power in the Northeast was station the driver was fired
starting to creep down, as a result. A message
but still more than 450,000 seeking comment was left
customers were without with the bus company,
electricity. In some areas ABC Transit.
it could be days before all Almost 147,000 customers
power is restored. were without power in New
A man who was injured York state after a night of
when a tree fell on his van heavy rain and wind gusts
later died, Tennessee of- of up to 70 mph (110 kph).
ficials said Friday. In New Gov. Andrew Cuomo told
York, Thomas Connery, an Spectrum News on Fri-
82-year-old Catholic priest day that several hundred
from Glenville, died Thurs- people were evacuated
day night after he got out in scattered areas around In this photo provided by the New York State Governor's Office, a first responder carries a young
of his car on a flooded the state because of high girl to safety after she was rescued from a house being flooded by rising waters of the East Canada
road and was swept away, waters. In the central New Creek, Friday, Nov. 1, 2019 in Dolgeville, N.Y.
authorities said. York village of Dolgeville, Associated Press
In a New York City suburb, police used a boat to res- ing service to hundreds of In Orono, Maine, the state's The University of Maine an-
a 9-year-old girl was in- cue people from a home. thousands of customers flagship university was nounced on Friday morn-
jured on Halloween when The Buffalo area, mean- who lost power in the storm. again without power after ing that it was closed, and
she was hit by a falling tree while, saw flash flooding The Maine Emergency coping with major outages classes were canceled un-
while trick or treating. An- after 4 to 5 inches (10 to 13 Management Agency during the October storm. til 5 p.m.q
other person was injured centimeters) of rain. warned that some resi-
when a tornado touched In the Adirondacks, a state dents will likely be in the
down in Pennsylvania. of emergency was de- dark into the weekend fol-
A tornado with winds of clared in Essex County. lowing winds that topped
111 to 135 miles per hour Early voting for next week's 70 mph (110 kph) in the
(180 to 220 kilometers per elections was called off Fri- coastal town of Castine.
hour) tore through Glen day in some communities, The howling wind downed
Mills, a Delaware County small bridges were closed trees, damaged homes
suburb of Philadelphia, because of rising water, and temporarily shut down
the National Weather Ser- and many schools can- the only two roads of Cas-
vice confirmed. Local of- celed classes. tine.
ficials say that at least two The weather also led to the Will Cosgrove, an owner
dozen homes were dam- cancellation of the open- of The Manor Inn, said the
aged and one person was ing session of the luge na- wind knocked over a sign,
injured. Investigators are still tional championships at ripped away shingles and
evaluating whether torna- Mount Van Hoevenberg in rearranged outdoor fur-
does touched down else- Lake Placid. USA Luge said niture. The building shook
where in the state. Saturday's races were on and windows rattled.
By mid-afternoon Friday schedule. "It was kind of 'knock-you-
almost 75,000 homes and National Weather Service over wind.' It rattled the
businesses were without Meteorologist Conor Lahiff bones of the building," he
electricity across Pennsyl- in Burlington, Vermont, said said of the building con-
vania. In the western part the amount of rainfall in structed in 1893. "It whistled
of the state, storms caused some parts of northeastern and rattled all night long."
flooding, mudslides and New York and northern Ver- The state's largest util-
road closures. High winds mont was almost double ity, Central Maine Power,
Friday morning caused a what had been forecast. is getting help from crews
car fire to spread to other "We knew there would be for other utilities, including
vehicles in a hotel park- rivers to come up because some in Canada, and is
ing lot in Harmar Township, we had saturated soils," trying to line up even more
leaving six cars damaged, said Lahiff. help, but is struggling be-
officials said. Electric utilities across the cause there's damage all
WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh Northeast were busy restor- over the region.