About 52 million people remain under wind warnings Monday afternoon in the Northeast, from Maryland to Maine.
Mount Washington, New Hampshire, experienced the highest wind peaks of the day at 109 mph.
Philadelphia recorded wind gusts of 63 mph, while Newark, New Jersey, saw 59 mph and Providence, Rhode Island, reached 53 mph. Boston winds hit 46 mph.
Power outages were reported in parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and New Hampshire.
Strong winds should ease this evening, and most wind warnings should expire late tonight or overnight.
On Monday, 62 million people woke up under wind warnings and high wind warnings that stretched from Maine to the mountains of western North Carolina.
For areas under wind alerts, Monday’s winds were expected to be sustained at 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 to 60 mph.
These high wind forecasts included the heavily traveled I-95 corridor and major airport hubs in the Washington-Baltimore region, Philadelphia International, major tri-state airports (Newark, LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy) and Boston Logan.
Travel delays are likely at airports until winds subside, which is not expected to occur until winds drop below wind advisory criteria overnight Monday into Tuesday morning.
Downed trees and power outages are also expected to be impacted by Monday’s strong winds across eastern states.
In addition to strong winds, light to moderate snow was expected to fall across the interior of the Northeast and New England through Monday night.
Winter storm warnings were issued for the northern Adirondacks of northern New York and parts of Vermont and northern New Hampshire.
Additional snow totals are expected to be generally 4 to 8 inches, with some isolated totals up to 10 inches or more in spots.
Monday’s wind and snow comes on the heels of a storm system that brought soaking rain to the Southeast from Friday to Saturday and the Mid-Atlantic Saturday and the Northeast Saturday to Sunday .
After the weekend rainfall, Cape Hatteras, North Carolina; Norfolk, Virginia; Philadelphia; New York City; Bridgeport, Conn.; and Providence, Rhode Island, now have their wettest start to March on record.
And mmore than 80 gauge river southeast to coastal New England was in a minor to moderate flood stage by mid-morning Monday.
Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, was the area hardest hit by flooding over the weekend as strong onshore winds pushed water into the community cutting off roads and flooding homes. This area is very vulnerable to coastal flooding, which is the second time in 2024 that the area is flooded.
