FOG BLOG U.S. WEATHER NEWS LOG: BOSTON AND THE CAPE GET BLASTED FROM NOR'EASTER:

More Than 15,000 Still Without Power, 3 Days After Nor’easter Hit..... More than 15,000 homes and businesses and homes are still without power in Massachusetts, three days after a powerful nor’easter brought down trees and wires across the eastern part of the state.

The outages hit a high of 499,000 during the storm Wednesday and have slowly declined.

According to the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, the number of customers currently without electricity was 15,186 as of 7:15 p.m. Saturday.

The hardest-hit areas are on the South Shore, Cape Cod and Cape Ann.