Record snow, new outages as storm hits Northeast

TODAY's Al Roker reports from Connecticut where a nor'easter barreled through the Northeast region already ravaged by Superstorm Sandy, bringing pounding surf and heavy wet snow and rain. By Ian Johnston, NBC News A winter storm battered the Northeast on Thursday, cutting power to at least 115,000 homes and dumping record early snow from New Jersey through Connecticut. The storm, which boasted wind gusts of more than 40 mph, dropped heavy snow on already-weakened tree limbs, leading to the new outages. After 10 days of dealing with Sandy-induced misery, the region was growing weary. "I am waiting for the locusts and pestilence next," New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said. "We may take a setback in the next 24 hours." More than 600,000 people were without electricity as a result of Sandy and the new storm, the latter of which was blamed for at least 115,000 of those outages. Roughly 60,000 came after customers had just had their power restored, NBCNewYork.com said. Record snowfall totals were recorded across the area: New York's Central Park received a record 4.7 inches of snow, according to The Weather Channel. A record snowfall of 2 inches was set at Newark, N.J., breaking the old record of a trace amount set in 1981. And Bridgeport, Conn., received 3.5 inches of snow, beating the record of 2 inches set in 1953. Throughout the Tri-state area, people wore coats indoors as they endured yet another night without heat. Some of those who had weathered Sandy told NBCNewYork.com they felt like a cruel joke was being played on them. For full storm coverage, visit Weather.com "Kind of laughing about it at this point," said Danny Arnedos, of Oyster Bay, Long Island. "To go from a hurricane to a nor'easter and driving in the snow in 10 days is pretty unbelievable." Others are fed up. "It's like a sequel to a horror movie," said James Alexander, a resident of the hard-hit Rockaway Peninsula. "Here we are, nine days later — freezing, no electricity, no nothing, waiting for another storm." Alexander's home was spared when Sandy hit, but homes around him burned to the ground, and the boardwalk near his home was washed out to sea. "They said it would be a rough winter," he noted to NBC New York. The NWS forecast that the storm was expected to affect New England through the day. "The snow should have moved off the mid-Atlantic coast on Thursday morning, but should continue in interior New England. The low is not expected to move out of the region in a hurry and coastal New England should see rain changing to snow before tapering off in the latter half of Thursday," it added. Just 10 days after Hurricane Sandy knocked out power to thousands of Northeast residents, a powerful nor'easter plunged many homes back into darkness. NBC's Erica Hill reports. Official: NY disaster chief fired over tree removal  Are you left in the lurch after Sandy?   PhotoBlog: Snow adds to Sandy misery   Full NBC coverage of Sandy's aftermath  NBCNewYork.com contributed to this report. More content from NBCNews.com: 1 in 31 no more: Gay rights movement ends dismal record Governor to potheads: 'Don't break out the Cheetos' Report: Dad says he put poison on dead son's pizza Zoo officials: Toddler's death in Pittsburgh shows no zoo is 100 percent safe Nor'easter threatens 'flying debris,' up to foot of snow in Sandy's wake Post Superstorm Sandy, travelers prepare for a busy Thanksgiving Follow US news from NBCNews.com on Twitter and Facebook