Wicked Winds Blow Through New England

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From WHDH-TV 7's Website:

BOSTON -- The Bay State is bracing for some of the same strong winds that lashed the nation's midsection over the past couple of days.

The National Weather Service has posted a high wind warning for Massachusetts and says gusts between 50-and-60 miles per hour are possible.

Utilities are preparing for the possibility of power outages.

Some streets in the Back Bay section of Boston were cordoned off for a time today while workers replaced a damaged window in the John Hancock Tower. Officials were worried that the wind might shatter the window and pose a danger to pedestrians below.

The winds are moving into the Northeast today after hammering the Midwest and Great Lakes regions. The storm has caused a number of injuries while damaging buildings, downing power lines and disrupting airline flights in those states.

The powerful storm system that has created 70 mile-per-hour winds is responsible for knocking out power to nearly a million people in the East and Midwest.

The storm has been deadly, too. A West Virginia driver was swept away by a creek, and a falling tree killed a New York motorist. The storm created 16-foot waves on Lakes Erie and Ontario, and a tornado damaged a Rubbermaid plant in Ohio.

One West Virginia man says four-foot deep flood waters in his store "flushed it out like a toilet."

The windy weather has caused flight delays of up to three hours at the New York area airports. (AP)