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Nor’easter turns dangerous across US Northeast as winds hit 70 mph, flights cancelled, flooding spreads – watch video

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US Northeast under siege as powerful Nor’easter brings 70-mph winds, flooding, outages and flight chaos. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

An unusually powerful Nor’easter turned dangerous across the northeastern United States on Sunday, with wind gusts reaching 70 mph, heavy rain triggering flooding concerns and hundreds of flights cancelled as New YorkBoston and Philadelphia faced severe weather. US Northeast under siege as powerful Nor’easter brings 70-mph winds, flooding, outages and flight chaos. (AP Photo/Robert F. … Read more

Powerful storm pummels northeast US with rain, high winds

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Powerful storm pummels northeast US with rain, high winds

Heavy rain and strong winds battered the northeastern United States on Saturday as an unusually powerful autumn storm intensified, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights and leaving tens of thousands of people without power. Powerful storm pummels northeast US with rain, high winds New York, Boston and Philadelphia were all in the firing line … Read more

Millions in US Northeast brace for powerful storm

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Millions in US Northeast brace for powerful storm

More than 40 million people in the northeastern United States braced Friday for heavy rain and strong winds as an unusually powerful storm for the season was forecast to crash into the region. Millions in US Northeast brace for powerful storm New York, Boston and Philadelphia were all in the firing line of the “Nor’easter” … Read more

Scientists sent a robot two miles below California and found a bigfin squid; it was the first live Northeast Pacific sighting

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Scientists sent a robot two miles below California and found a bigfin squid; it was the first live Northeast Pacific sighting

Photo credit: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Two miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California, in a world of near total darkness and crushing pressure, a remotely operated vehicle glided silently through the water. Its cameras were scanning the deep for the strange and the seldom-seen when something extraordinary … Read more