One dead, tens of thousands without power as nor’easter impacts U.S. Northeast

Satellite image of the nor'easter storm impacting the U. East Coast at UTC on Sept 27, 2026. Credit: NOAA/GOES-19, RAMMB/CIRA, The Watchers The National Weather Service (NWS) New York/Upton office placed the storm’s center south of Long Island and east of New Jersey at UTC on September 27. The low was forecast to move westward toward New Jersey, stall near the coast Sunday night and drift slowly eastward on Monday while weakening. PowerOutage. com reported approximately 37 450 customers without electricity in New York and 29 740 in Connecticut at the reporting cutoff. Additional outages in New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island brought the six-state total above 90 000. Suffolk County accounted for more than 21 000 of the New York outages. Eversource reported more than 27 000 customers without power in Connecticut. A 56-year-old New York City Housing Authority employee was killed when a tree fell on him in a parking area at 700 Euclid Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn, at approximately EDT ( UTC) on September 26. The investigators had not determined whether storm winds caused the tree to fall. Four people suffered minor injuries when another tree fell at Kelly Park Playground in Brooklyn at approximately EDT ( UTC), according to the New York City Fire Department. They were taken to Maimonides Medical Center. The New York City Parks Department had received more than 350 reports of fallen trees by EDT ( UTC) on September 26. An NWS public information statement listed gusts of 98 km/h (61 mph) at Farmingdale Airport, New York, and 90 km/h (56 mph) at John F. Kennedy International Airport and Bridgeport Airport, Connecticut, on September 26. A gust of 74 km/h (46 mph) was recorded at Brooklyn College. Coastal Flood Warnings remained in effect across New York City, Long Island and parts of coastal Connecticut through EDT ( UTC) on September 27. NWS forecast inundation of approximately 0.6–0.8 m (2–2.5 feet) above ground in vulnerable waterfront areas, locally reaching 1 m (3 feet). Widespread moderate to locally major flooding remained possible along the back bays of southern Nassau and southwestern Suffolk counties. Breaking waves of approximately 2–3 m (6–9 feet) were forecast along exposed sections of Long Island. NWS expected additional rainfall of 25–50 mm (1–2 inches), with locally higher totals across Connecticut, Long Island and the New York City metropolitan area through Sunday evening. Widespread minor urban, poor-drainage and small-stream flooding was considered likely, with isolated flash flooding possible. High Wind Warnings had been replaced . Gusts of 65–72 km/h (40–45 mph) remained possible, particularly near the coast, before winds gradually weakened.