Massive ice storm knocks out power to 1.4 million homes and businesses across seven states
Felled branches lay on Brattle Street in Worcester yesterday after the ice storm. Governor Deval Patrick declared a state of emergency in Massachusetts. (JOHN TLUMACKI/GLOBE STAFF). Image may be subject to copyright.
A powerful ice storm has knocked out power to 1.4 million homes and businesses across seven states in New England, forcing the state of Maine to shut government offices.
States of emergency have been declared in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and in parts of Maine and New York state.
“This is a very, very serious situation right now,” New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch said after declaring an emergency in his state, in what the authorities described as the worst outages in 30 years.
The storm has killed at least 4 people so far and caused tens of millions of dollars in damage across northeast United States.
