42 dead from storm in 7 states

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Storm Blacks Out Parts of Northeast

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The death toll from the storm was at least 42 in seven states.

The weight of the ice snapped tree limbs, shorted out transformers and made power lines sag, knocking out current to about 145,000 customers in New York state and New Hampshire on Monday, though many got power restored during the night.

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By Tuesday, about half the blacked-out customers in New York were back on line, but more than 50,000 homes and businesses still had no service. Some might have to wait until Tuesday, the utility National Grid estimated.

In hard-hit Missouri, the utility company Ameren said it would probably not have everyone's lights back on until Wednesday night. As of Tuesday morning, about 215,000 homes and businesses still had no electricity.

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About 100,000 homes and businesses that were blacked out in Oklahoma, some of them since the storm's first wave struck on Friday, were still waiting for power. Ice built up by sleet and freezing rain was 4 inches thick in places. The Army Corps of Engineers dispatched soldiers from Tulsa to deliver 100 emergency generators to the McAlester area.

More than 200,000 customers in Michigan also lost power because of ice and snow, and about 86,000 of them were still blacked out Tuesday.

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In California, three nights of freezing temperatures have destroyed up to three-quarters of the state's $1 billion citrus crop, according to an estimate issued Monday. Other crops, including avocados and strawberries, also suffered damage.
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not only lives lost but think about the money lost - uncountable

and this morning on the weather station they showed waves battering the west coast