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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Strong winds and heavy rain have knocked out power for 450,000 customers in the Northeast, while diverting international flights and toppling a boom crane at an Atlantic City casino construction site.

The winds downed trees and power lines throughout New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut on Saturday. The New York City area and southern New Jersey have about 335,000 combined customers without power. About 85,000 are without power in the Philadelphia area.

Logan International Airport in Boston received nine overseas flights bound for New York because they were running out of fuel waiting for clearance to land at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

In Atlantic City, the arm of a crane collapsed at the Revel Casino construction site. Debris went flying and crashed through the window of a police cruiser, injuring an officer.