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Source: theguardian.com

<p>Forecasters say up to 40 million people in multiple US states could be affected by the early season northeasterly storm</p><p>High winds and heavy rain were beginning to batter New England on Friday as a “significant” nor’easter, the first such storm of the fall, threatened to disrupt weekend plans for millions.</p><p>In the Pacific Ocean, meanwhile, three separate hurricanes, one threatening “<a href="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_cp2+shtml/241800.shtml?rainqpf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">catastrophic flooding</a>”, including life-threatening flash floods, in Hawaii, were churning as a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/21/super-el-nino-temperature-record" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">record-setting</a> El Niño continued to amplify severe weather events on a global scale.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/25/noreaster-high-winds-heavy-rain-east-coast" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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