Power outages in Mass. amid snow, nor’easter Tuesday

The nor'easter that hit southern New England with heavy, wet snow on Tuesday knocked power out to thousands of people.

There were still more than 13,000 customers without power in Massachusetts at about 11:30 p.m., according to state emergency management officials. Many of the outages were in Cape Cod and other parts of southeastern Massachusetts.

Rhode Island Energy reported just 42 customers without power statewide late Tuesday night, and in Connecticut, just 31 customers were still in the dark.

While Tuesday's nor'easter dropped less snowfall than originally expected, power outages and coastal flooding still plagued some areas, while others were left with a "soupy, messy" slush on the ground.

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While on Sunday and Monday, the storm was forecast to cut across much of southern New England, threatening a foot of snow for Boston, the track shifted south. As of midday Tuesday, the brunt of the storm was being felt in Connecticut, Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts.

Utility companies had warned that kind of snow expected to fall Tuesday was likely to knock out power.

Along Mass. Route 28 in Falmouth, on Cape Cod, a utility pole broke, closing part of the highway.

While many across New England saw relatively little snowfall Tuesday, others along the coast and in the southern part of the region experienced more intense weather.