ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (AP) – Strong winds and heavy rain pounded parts of the Northeast on Saturday, knocking out power to more than a half-million homes and businesses and stranding about 500 passengers on a New York-bound train for more than five hours.

The New Jersey Transit train became stuck on the tracks more than halfway through its trek from Trenton to New York City along the Northeast Corridor line, spokeswoman Penny Bassett Hackett said.

A diesel engine would pull the train to the Rahway station, where buses would meet the passengers and take them to Newark Penn Station, Hackett said.

It was the second time in two weeks that more than 500,000 homes and businesses in the Northeast were left in the dark in the wake of a powerful storm.

Outages stopped Amtrak service between Philadelphia and New York on Saturday, while gusting winds downed trees and power lines throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. The New York City area and southern New Jersey were among the hardest hit, with wind gusts of up to 70 mph recorded and widespread outages.

Flights at Newark Liberty International Airport were delayed by as many as four hours Saturday.

Logan International Airport in Boston received nine overseas flights bound for New York because the planes no longer had the fuel to wait for clearance to land at John F. Kennedy International Airport, said Massport spokesman Matthew Brelis. Among the planes diverted because of heavy rain and high wind was the double-decker Airbus A-380, the biggest commercial passenger jet in the world.

In New York, ferry service to Staten Island was suspended three hours Saturday because of strong wind.

Customers from Long Island to the northern suburbs of New York City were in the dark as utility company crews worked to restore power. Consolidated Edison reported more than 125,000 without power in New York City and parts of Westchester County by about 11 p.m., while Long Island Power Authority had more than 140,000 customers without electricity.

In Uniondale, New York, the aging Nassau Coliseum lost three pieces of the aluminum facade surrounding the building about 90 minutes before the start of the New Jersey Devils and New York Islanders National Hockey League game. The main box office exit was closed, but no one was injured.

In New Jersey, Public Service Electric & Gas reported as many as 200,000 customers without power, and Atlantic City Electric said more than 35,000 customers were in the dark.

About 70,000 customers in the Philadelphia area were without power Saturday, Pennsylvania Electric Co. said.

In Atlantic City, the horizontal arm of a boom crane collapsed at the Revel Casino construction site. Debris went flying and crashed through the driver's side window of a police cruiser, injuring Atlantic City police Officer Brian Hurley.

Hurley's injuries were not considered life-threatening, Capt. Bill McKnight said.

Teaneck police were investigating whether two people found dead Saturday night were killed by a falling tree. The tree took down power lines as it fell.

Chief Robert Wilson told The Record of Bergen County that police believe the two were walking on the sidewalk. Teaneck is a suburb of New York City.