Nor’easter Live Updates: At Least 5 Die as Storm Topples Trees and Strands Travelers
• Weather officials said more than three feet of snow blanketed parts of New York State on Friday; many areas of New England got two to four inches of rain;
and some coastal towns in Massachusetts felt wind gusts of more than 90 miles per hour.
• A National Weather Service meteorologist whose office covers Southern New England said Friday night
that coastal areas of Massachusetts experienced “moderate to major” flooding earlier in the day; several dunes and a few sea walls were breached; many homes and roads had been flooded; and at least one car had been reported to have been floating down the street.
By THE NEW YORK TIMESMARCH 2, 2018
A fierce nor’easter battered the Atlantic Coast on Friday, toppling power lines, stranding thousands of travelers, inundating coastal roads
and homes with churning seawater and killing at least five people.
• New York’s La Guardia Airport suspended all flights on Friday afternoon, Kennedy International Airport halted all incoming domestic flights,
and around a quarter of the flights at Newark Liberty International Airport were called off.
Everyone’s weekend plans had been ruined.”
On Friday afternoon, it was announced at the station
that “due to extreme-weather-related issues,” all trains between New York and Boston, and between Philadelphia and Washington, had been suspended indefinitely.
In New York City, most flights were grounded for a time on Friday afternoon.