Over 250,000 lose power as storms spread across Northeast

Another winter storm brought over a foot of snow and widespread power outages to the Northeast U.S.

Electricity was out in parts of New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine — but the number of outages dropped as the night continued, from 260,000 customers earlier in the evening to around 228,000 customers by 10 p.m., according to PowerOutage.us.

Air travel was also stopped by the snow. Over 700 flights to and from New York City-area airports and Boston’s Logan Airport were canceled Tuesday, according to FlightAware.com.

Heavy snow and high winds are to blame in many regions. Worcester County, Massachusetts has already received over 2 feet of snow, and Rutland County, Vermont had seen about 19 inches, reports NBC News.

In Derry, N.H. a foot of snow fell and a child was trapped by a falling tree, reported the local fire department. The child recovered and taken to the hospital with minor injuries, firefighters said.

“Please stay off the roads if possible,” warned New Hampshire State Police via Twitter. New Hampshire troopers handled more than 200 crashes and vehicles off the road on Tuesday.

In California, roughly 300,000 customers remain without power, due to the continuing rainstorms. More than 800,000 people in the western U.S. were under flood warnings on Tuesday afternoon, said NBC.

Winds were so powerful that a large pane of glass flew off a high-rise building in San Francisco, frightening people in the streets below. Luckily, no one was injured.

The San Francisco Fire Department issued a “shelter in place” warning for fear of more falling glass. Orders were not lifted until around 9 p.m. ET.

Heavy rainfall in the state could exacerbate problems of flooding in already vulnerable areas.

The severe weather is also hitting the southern and southeastern U.S., as over 38 million people were under freeze warnings Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. Parts of northern Alabama could see temperatures dip to 25 degrees Wednesday morning. The coldest recorded March day in Alabama history was 12 degrees in 1993.