Northeast storm in US leaves at least 3 killed, over 600,000 without power

More than 600,000 customers were without power in seven Northeastern states on December 19 morning as a powerful storm drenched the region, Report informs referring to ABC News.

The majority of the outages were in Maine, where about 429,000 customers were without power, followed by Massachusetts, where about 133,000 had lost power, according to poweroutage.us.

Thousands of others in Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York were without power, according to the site.

Residents across the region faced dangerous conditions on the roads due to heavy rain, flooding and strong winds. Up to 6 inches of rain was recorded in some areas.

At least three people died on December 18 from the storm.

Over 500 flights within, into or out of the US have been canceled. New York City's LaGuardia Airport and Boston Logan International Airport were the hardest hit.