As far as I know it was only lower Manhattan that had the power deliberately cut (500K people). The other 7.5 million are due to storm damage. Which is the largest ever for storm damage.
“The other 7.5 million are due to storm damage. Which is the largest ever for storm damage.”
Hardly the largest ever. Its also mostly due to poorly maintained infrastructure. Utilities don’t trim trees and then the trees take out the power lines.
The North East has the heaviest concentration of people. That doesn’t make this storm a cat 5.