Posted AT 10:17 PM EST on 29/10/06
Canada, U.S. pummelled by windstorms
NEW YORK — Nearly 200,000 homes and businesses had no electricity Sunday from Maryland to Saint John, N.B., as a storm system blasted the region with winds gusting to more than 80 kilometres an hour, knocking down power lines.
The storm was blamed for at least two deaths in the U.S..
Gusts of 112 km/h were possible Sunday in northern New York state, the National Weather Service said.
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