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Heavy rain, winds cause outages in Northeast, mid-Atlantic (March 14, 2010)


By andbreit - Posted on 14 March 2010

(CNN) -- Heavy rains and hurricane-force winds that surpassed 70 miles per hour in places toppled trees, left more than half a million people without power, and suspended travel throughout much of the Northeast and mid-Atlantic region Saturday night.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/weather/03/13/severe.weather/index.html?hpt=T2


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