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Monday 12 March 2018

Third nor’easter in 2 weeks on the horizon

ed to make its way up the “I’m hoping they have
coast, causing more snow- enough crews to deal with
fall this week, the National whatever happens and
Weather Service said on that they took some pro-
Sunday. active measures so that
The Boston area is expect- next time, they don’t have
ed to get up to a foot, to be reactive,” Soto said.
while southern Maine could “Frankly, I’m hoping this
see almost 18 inches by next storm just misses us, be-
Wednesday. cause I don’t think I could
New York could get 4 to 6 take another.”
inches of snow and Phila- The risk for coastal flood-
delphia could see a few ing is expected to be lower
inches by Tuesday’s morn- than the last nor’easter,
ing commute. which flooded much of
Eight inches could fall in Cape Cod and seaside
West Virginia and 4 inches towns.
is expected in Kentucky. Massachusetts officials said
A winter storm watch is in 2,700 customers remained
effect for most of New Eng- without power on Sunday.
land, parts of New York and Thousands more across
Virginia. southern New England also
Alexandra Soto, of Bushkill, remained without electric-
A passerby pauses near a pile of rocks, sand and debris near beachfront homes, Sunday, March Pennsylvania, said she was ity as they prepared for the
11, 2018, in Marshfield, Mass. The Northeast is bracing for its third nor’easter in fewer than two not looking forward to the third nor’easter in 12 days.
weeks. The National Weather Service reports Sunday that a southern storm is expected to make next storm. “It doesn’t happen very
its way up the coast causing more snowfall. Her home lost power dur- often, I’ll say that. It’s not
(AP Photo/Steven Senne) ing the first nor’easter on like it hasn’t happened be-
Associated Press weeks, while some people some areas and left hun- March 2 and the lights did fore, but it’s rare,” said Joe
BOSTON (AP) — The North- are still feeling the effects of dreds of thousands of cus- not come back on until Sat- Miketta a meteorologist
east is bracing for its third the last storm that dumped tomers without power. urday, well after the sec- with the National Weather
nor’easter in less than two more than 2 feet of snow in A southern storm is expect- ond storm. Service.q

Implosion: Tallest building in Kentucky’s capital demolished

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — efit a charity started by his
The tallest building in Ken- wife. The #WeAreKY Foun-
tucky’s capital city came dation supports the state’s
crashing down in a con- foster children. It has no
trolled implosion Sunday paid staff, and the Execu-
, delighting thousands of tive Branch Ethics Commis-
onlookers who quickly scur- sion said it is not a conflict
ried away to avoid the dust for Bevin to raise money
cloud that billowed over- for charity this way. “It’s
head. Sunday’s demoli- amazing that even as we
tion of the 28-story Capital are here to see a building
Plaza Tower will make way come down, the dollars
for a new modern five- that are being generat-
story office building and its ed in some measure from
1,100-spot parking garage. this are helping to build
The tower opened in 1972 families up,” Bevin told the
as a state office building crowd shortly before the
and closed in 2016. Repub- demolition. The winning bid
lican Gov. Matt Bevin did of $15,000 came from a
not push the ceremonial Shelbyville resident, A.J. Sti-
plunger to start the demoli- vers, who owns a company
The 28-story Capital Plaza Tower falls during a controlled demolition in Frankfort, Ky., on Sunday, tion. Instead, he auctioned that provides on-site vi-
March 11, 2018. Built in 1972, the former state government office building was demolished to off that right on eBay, with sion and hearing exams at
make way for a new five-story building and parking garage. all proceeds going to ben- schools across Kentucky.q
AP Photo/Adam Beam)