First winter storm death reported

Half-million people without power

Published On: Feb 09 2013 01:01:30 AM EST   Updated On: Feb 09 2013 02:32:40 AM EST
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(CNN) -- One person died after a storm-related motor vehicle accident in Poughkeepsie, New York, police said Friday.

Nearly 530,000 customers have lost power in nine northeastern states during the blizzard that is blanketing the region. Over 300,000 of those outages hit Massachusetts alone.