Wind KOs Power to Thousands in the East (from Maryland to Maine) [View All]

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Wind KOs Power to Thousands in the East
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Oct 29, 8:51 PM (ET)

NEW YORK (AP) - Thousands of homes and businesses had no electricity Sunday from Maryland to Maine as a storm system blasted the region with winds gusting to more than 50 mph, knocking over trees and a construction crane. The storm was blamed for at least two deaths.

Gusts of 70 mph were possible Sunday in northern New York state, the National Weather Service said.

A falling tree killed a motorcyclist in Massachusetts, police said. In New Hampshire, one man was missing after falling off a cruise ship on Lake Winnipesaukee during the storm late Saturday, and one man drowned when his kayak overturned on a rain-swollen river, state officials said.


Workers examine damage after a 165-foot tall crane toppled in high winds onto three house next to Maine Medical Center, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2006, in Portland, Maine. Two people in a passing car narrowly avoided the falling crane. No one was injured in the houses. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

In hard-hit Maine, a 165-foot crane with a wrecking ball attached toppled in one of the most populous neighborhoods of Portland, falling on three houses. No injuries were reported.

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