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Article: NATION IN BRIEF
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- October 26, 2005
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GLOUCESTER, Mass. -- A nor'easter that drew energy from the
remnants of far-off Hurricane Wilma battered New England and the mid-
Atlantic states with 20-foot waves and winds reaching 70 mph
Tuesday, brought some inland areas their first snow of the season,
and knocked out power to nearly 200,000 homes and businesses.
On Cape Cod, Harwich Harbormaster Thomas Leach recorded sustained
wind of 56 mph and gusts of 70 mph.
The storm was reinforced by the remnants of Hurricane Wilma, which
was about 400 miles southeast of Boston and speeding toward the North
Atlantic after battering Florida a day earlier.
In New Jersey, waves as high as 20 feet washed away stretches of
beach at Bay Head, and ...