Half a million still without power after storm in U.S. Northeast

Reuters India Monday, 5 March 2018 ()
(Reuters) - Some 500,000 customers remained without power throughout the eastern United States on Sunday evening and New England coastal communities faced more flooding two days after a powerful storm snapped trees, downed wires and killed at least nine people.
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