New England Hit by 2 Feet of Snow
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More than half a million customers had no electricity Sunday in New England after a fast-moving storm piled nearly 2 feet of snow on the region.
The storm sped northward along the East Coast on Saturday, pouring rain from the Carolinas north to New York City and spreading snow during the night across most of New England.
It was blamed for one death, that of a Connecticut firefighter who touched a downed power line while fighting a blaze.
About 22 inches of snow fell on parts of Vermont late Saturday into Sunday morning, the National Weather Service said. Around 16 inches fell in parts of Connecticut and Maine, with about a foot in New York’s Catskills.
In Massachusetts, 16 inches fell at Worcester, on top of 7 dropped by another storm Friday.
The heavy, wet snow combined with ice and wind to bring down tree limbs and power lines.
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