Almost 600K in the Dark After Storm Strikes on Sandy Anniversary

A storm left almost 600,000 homes and businesses across the Northeast without power early Monday.

National Weather Service meteorologist Joe Dellicarpini said there were reports of downed trees around the region and roads that were impassable in spots due to flash flooding.

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Storm damage in Halifax, Massachusetts. Halifax Fire Department

The storm hit Sunday — which was the fifth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy.

NBC News meteorologist Bill Karins said that “heavy rain and damaging winds” were possible on Monday over parts of the Lower Great Lakes and the Northeast.

“Tropical moisture, from what was Tropical Cyclone Philippe, will draw into the rapidly deepening storm over the Northeast coast,” Karins added. “The storm will lift through New York today and continue on its track through Quebec Tuesday and Wednesday.”

By 4:30 a.m. ET Monday, utilities reported that at least 591,000 customers were without electricity. That figure included 162,000 in Connecticut, 160,000 in New Hampshire, 63,000 in New York, 59,000 in Massachusetts and 57,000 in Maine.

Dellicarpini said parts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts saw wind gusts of up to 70 mph or more. Conimicut Light on Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island reported a wind gust of 81 mph.

He added said the storm was expected to continue through the early morning hours Monday in southern New England before moving north to Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.

The same storm system also caused problems earlier Sunday in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York.

New York’s LaGuardia and JFK airports asked travelers to check with their airlines to find out about disruptions and there were several flight cancellations at Boston’s Logan airport.

The storm came five years after Sandy made landfall in New Jersey, bringing devastation to the area.

Sandy led to the death of 182 individuals and more than $71 billion in damage.