Nor'easter pummeling Northeast with snow, ice, rain and wind: Latest forecast

A winter storm warning is in effect from Pennsylvania to Maine.

December 17, 2022, 9:46 PM

About 95,000 customers remain without power in the Northeast following heavy snowfall, with lake effect snow to impact some areas of the region throughout the weekend.

Robert Buxton, director of the New Hampshire Department of Safety's Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM), said that many people in the state "have been without power most of the day Saturday or possibly longer."

Over 20,000 people remain without power in the state, according to poweroutage.us.

In Maine, at least 71,711 are without power, with 55,288 customers in New Hampshire, 50,666 in Vermont and 30,375 customers in New York experiencing similar outages Saturday.

This storm started in the west and the south, with 58 reported tornadoes slamming Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida.

In the north, up to 4 feet of snow fell in western South Dakota, while up to 30 inches slammed Duluth, Minnesota. Blizzard warnings are ongoing for Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota and Montana.

Part of that massive storm has redeveloped into a Nor'easter that's pounding the Northeast.

A winter storm warning is in effect from Pennsylvania to Maine.

So far 13 inches of snow fell in Landgrove, Vermont, 12 inches hit Piseco, New York, and 10 inches were recorded in Plainfield, Massachusetts.

Heavy rain and powerful winds up to 50 mph are slamming the coast from New York City to Boston.

A man walks under the rain with his shopping bags as people visit a department store during the holiday season in New York City, Dec. 15, 2022.
Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

The storm will slowly drift to the northeast, dropping rain and heavy snow in New England before tapering off Saturday night.

ABC News' Dan Amarante, Kiara Alfonseca and Victoria J. Arancio contributed to this report.

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