The number of homes and businesses without power on the East Coast has grown to more than 3 million as an unusually early snowstorm passes over New England.
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says the more than 750,000 customers without power there breaks a record set when the remnants of Hurricane Irene hit the state in August. He says people could be without electricity for a week.
More than 650,000 have lost power in Massachusetts. Those without electricity number 285,000 in New Hampshire and at least 150,000 in Maine.
More than 617,000 people in New Jersey have lost power, and in New York, more than 200,000 are without it.
Utilities in Pennsylvania are saying more than 423,000 are without power, and Western Maryland had more than 29,000 outages.
Central Vermont Public Service says more than 6,300 there had no power.