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BOSTON -- Residents of coastal communities in the Northeast slogged through floodwaters for a second day as a powerful nor'easter pummeled the shoreline Sunday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes.
Tidal surges swamped low-lying neighborhoods in New Jersey while wind gusts toppled trees on New York's Long Island, damaging homes and bringing down utility poles.
In the New Jersey beach town of Sea Bright, each high tide brought a new round of flooding. "It's not like a one-time occurrence," said Caroline Virenius, whose garage filled with about a foot of water. "It's getting wet again and again."
The slow-moving storm, which killed a New York City Housing Authority worker when a tree fell Saturday, was expected to linger through Sunday with heavy rain, strong winds and dangerous surf all the way to New England.
Extreme amounts of rain -- more than 4 inches since Friday in some spots in New Jersey -- combined with a surging ocean led to flooding amounts not seen for close to a decade in places used to dealing with high water, residents said.
The National Weather Service predicted the storm will weaken over Sunday night with local heavy rain in parts of New England and the mid-Atlantic. But local officials in New Jersey and New York told residents that high tide late Monday could potentially bring more flooding.
"There is another band of the storm, a weaker band, but still another band that could hit early this afternoon and later into the evening," said New York's Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman.