Almost a third of a million people were still without power on Monday afternoon after a ferocious Nor'easter hammered the East Coast — and many residents were bracing for round two with a second storm forecast to roll into the region late Tuesday.
At 11 p.m. ET, the number of customers without electricity in Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia had fallen below 300,000, according to each state's respective power companies.
The lack of heat forced some people from their homes, while others were forced out by flooding.
"We've been suffering, because we have no light, no nothing. We have dogs and it's just been miserable," Veronica Tarter of Pikesville, Maryland, told NBC affiliate WBAL of Baltimore. "Most of my food I have to throw away, and I have two refrigerators." Tarter said.
Shelters have opened and school has been canceled in some regions with no power.
Source : nbcnews
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