Power Outage, Snow Storm | featured news

A blizzard packing hurricane-force winds hammered the northeastern United States on Saturday, cutting power to 700,000 homes and businesses, shutting down travel and leaving at least nine people dead.

Several hundred thousand Connecticut residents were still without power following last weekend's snow storm, but one of them may be holding a Powerball ticket worth $245 million.

Parts of New England were expected to hit the low 50s Tuesday, which could be considered balmy to some who braved the freak October snowstorm that dropped more than 2 feet of snow in some places over the weekend.

Wet, heavy snow that canceled flights, snapped tree branches and left thousands of people in the Denver area without power also closes dozens of schools.

More than half a million Kentuckians remained without power Saturday after a devastating ice storm hit the state earlier this week, Gov. Steve Beshear said. Ice-laden power lines and tree branches still drooped heavily Saturday, and temperatures remained below freezing.