Nor'easter cuts power to 160,000+ homes; storm exposes 1884 shipwreck
What happened
More than 160,000 households in the northeastern U.S. lost power during a slow-moving nor'easter, according to the BBC. At Boston Logan International Airport, more than 250 flights were cancelled by late Sunday morning, per the Massachusetts Port Authority as cited by CBC. One New York City housing authority worker died on Saturday when a tree fell. On Nantucket, the storm uncovered timbers that may belong to the schooner Warren Sawyer, wrecked in 1884.
What we know
- A New York City housing authority worker died Saturday after a tree fell, per CBC citing the Associated Press.
- More than 160,000 households had lost power, per the BBC. CBC, citing PowerOutage.us, put the figure at well over 100,000 customers at times on Sunday, with the widest outages in coastal counties from New Jersey to Connecticut.
- More than 250 flights were cancelled at Boston Logan by late Sunday morning, with gusts of 64 km/h, per the Massachusetts Port Authority as cited by CBC.
- Parts of New Jersey received more than 10 centimetres of rain since Friday. Residents told the Associated Press that flooding there was the worst in close to a decade.
- Timbers exposed at Point of Breakers beach on Nantucket sit in the same spot as fragments found in 2022, per NPR. In 2023 a state archaeologist judged those earlier remains likely to be the Warren Sawyer, which ran aground on Dec. 22, 1884.
What we don't know yet
- Whether the Nantucket timbers are from the Warren Sawyer. The Nantucket Current's editor considers it extremely likely, but the BBC and NPR describe it only as possible, and no formal determination on the new find has been reported.
- Total damage and the final number of customers without power. The BBC and CBC figures differ, and both are snapshots.
- Whether more storms follow. The Associated Press, via CBC, said this could be the first of several this fall because of El Niño; that is a forecast, not an observed outcome.
Why it matters
Coastal towns in New Jersey and Long Island face repeated tidal flooding at each high tide, and utilities and airports must restore service. In Sea Bright, N.J., a resident credited post-Sandy rules on raising home height with limiting damage.
Claims
- ConfirmedA New York City housing authority worker died on Saturday when a tree fell during the nor'easter.
- ConfirmedMore than 160,000 households in the northeastern U.S. lost power during the storm.
- ConfirmedMore than 250 flights were cancelled at Boston Logan International Airport by late Sunday morning.
- ConfirmedTimbers uncovered on a Nantucket beach are in the same location as ship fragments found in 2022.
- UnconfirmedThe newly uncovered Nantucket timbers are from the schooner Warren Sawyer, wrecked in 1884.
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- Claim: The newly uncovered Nantucket timbers are from the schooner Warren Sawyer, wrecked in 1884.Status: UnconfirmedVerification trailUnverifiedChecked by verification engine
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