Hurricane Sandy Blackouts Drop to 2.6 Million, DOE Says
By Benjamin Haas -
2012-11-03T14:42:35Z
About 2.6 million homes and businesses in the U.S. Northeast remain without power after Hurricane Sandy struck Oct. 29, the Energy Department said in a report today. About 900,000 had power restored overnight, dropping the number of states with more than 1,000 blackouts to seven from a previous peak of 21. New Jersey and New York accounted for the majority of remaining power losses.
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