(Bloomberg) – A potentially record-breaking nor'easter pummeled the U.S. East Coast with wind, snow and rain Friday, grounding more than 2,300 flights and leaving 760,000 homes and businesses without power.
Wind-driven snow battered New York City, Pennsylvania and northern New England, as gusts of more than 60 miles per hour (97 kilometers per hour) were reported at airports in Washington, the National Weather Service said. Tropical-storm strength winds were recorded in Boston.
While the wind and the snow are fierce, coastal flooding could be the worst aspect of the storm.
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