In the region, heavy wet snow has pine trees bent over to the ground and power lines torn free from houses.
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In the upper Midwest, thousands of homes and businesses also lost power because of heavy wet snow, ice and wind in the past couple of days, while rain and snow raised flooding concerns in various areas of the Midwest.
As the heavy, wet snow fell in Chicago, residents were working their shovels and snow-blowers.
"It's the real deal the heavy, wet snow, " said National Weather Service forecaster John Cannon in Gray, Maine.
About 40, 000 people in northwest Missouri and northeast Kansas awoke to no power as heavy, wet snow weighed on power lines.
The National Weather Service predicted up to 7 inches of heavy, wet snow in southeastern Connecticut and wind gusts up to 50 mph.
Tom Croci, the supervisor of Islip Town, said the municipality's regular plows weren't powerful enough to move such heavy, wet snow in such volumes.
These outages were the result of a combination of whipping winds and power poles and lines sagging, and sometimes snapped, under the weight of especially heavy, wet snow and ice.
The National Weather Service was predicting up to 7 inches of heavy, wet snow in southeastern Connecticut through Friday morning and wind gusts that could hit 50 mph, bringing possible power outages.
The electricity was going out in places, too, thanks to the wet, heavy snow downing trees and power lines.
Municipal workers from New York to Boston labored through the night Saturday in snow-bound communities, where some motorists had to be rescued after spending hours stuck in wet, heavy snow.
Gov. Bob McDonnell declared a state of emergency, state police extended shifts and National Guard called up 100 troops for snow duty as inches of wet, heavy snow fell across parts of the state -- knocking out power to nearly 180, 000 people.
I. (AP) New Englanders began the back-breaking job of digging out from as much as 3 feet of wet, heavy snow Saturday and emergency crews used snowmobiles to reach shivering motorists stranded overnight on New York's Long Island after a howling storm swept through the Northeast.
The race kicked off under a heavy downpour as the runners snaked around wet London streets.
Chris Wick, from the Environment Agency, said landfill sites generated gas when waste broke down but 2012 had been exceptionally wet and it was believed heavy rain had increased the gas produced.
Organisers of a Surrey music festival have said they are confident the event will not be disrupted by wet weather, despite a forecast of heavy rain.
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We crossed into deep green shadows, heavy with the weight of damp branches, dripping ferns, wet leaves and grasses.
In Maryland, Michael Pugh donned a wool coat, knit cap, waterproof pants and heavy boots to trudge more than a mile through four inches of wet snow to his bank in downtown Hagerstown, about 70 miles west of Baltimore.
Bowling with a wet ball, with the match having been played entirely in heavy drizzle, Franklin delivered two no-ball beamers and was taken out of the attack after five balls.
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But they also say the week ahead will be mild but wet with temperatures back into double figures after last week's heavy snow.
Heavy rain is forecast for race day and Edwards is known to thrive in the wet, while Toseland is hoping the conditions remain favourable.
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The wet weather was forecast to sweep north into the Highlands with a warning in place of heavy rainfall into Friday morning.
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