Northeast bracing for another nor'easter days after deadly storm: The latest forecast
The Northeast is bracing for a second nor'easter just days after a deadly storm tore through the East Coast.
Thirteen states from Virginia to Maine are under winter storm alerts
for the upcoming nor’easter set to hit Wednesday. Sixty million
Americans are in the storm zone.
The forecast
As the next nor'easter moves in, rain is expected during the
Wednesday morning commute from Virginia, to Washington, D.C., to the New
Jersey shore. Coastal flooding is possible.
By Wednesday morning snow will start in central Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, northern New Jersey and New York City.
On Wednesday evening, it'll be snowing heavily across the interior Northeast, causing a treacherous commute home.
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Depending on the track of the storm, New York City may have continuous, heavy snow, or rain mixing in throughout the day.
Boston will see more rain than snow. The city is under a flood watch and wind advisory.
By
Thursday morning, the nor’easter will be moving north, with lingering
snow showers across northern New England and heavy snow in Maine.
Gusty winds will remain across much of the Northeast until midday Thursday.
The
Philadelphia to New York City area is set to get 4 to 8 inches of snow;
the areas north and west of the cities may see 8 to 12 inches.
Hartford is forecast to get 6 to 12 inches of snow while Boston will likely see 2 to 5 inches.
Preparations underway
In Philadelphia, schools will be closed Wednesday.
Amtrak
said its Northeast Regional and Acela Express services will run on a
modified schedule on the Northeast Corridor Wednesday.
Over 800 flights have already been canceled for Wednesday and Thursday combined, according to the FlightAware.
In New York City, the Emergency Management Department issued a hazardous travel advisory for Wednesday.
“Mother
nature’s March madness continues as another nor’easter is forecast to
bring snow that will make travel dangerous,” Emergency Management
Commissioner Joseph Esposito said. “New Yorkers should take mass transit
if possible and allow for extra travel time.”
Back-to-back storms
This
new storm will arrive just days after Friday's powerful nor'easter
ripped through the Northeast with strong winds and heavy rain.
At least nine people died from Friday's storm.
The storm knocked out power to about 2 million customers. Over 180,000 were still without power as of this afternoon.
In New Rochelle, New York, homeowner Com Crocker has no power, downed
power lines in his yard and a massive fallen tree on the front of his
car.
"It's been a rough several days for my family and me," Crocker told ABC News today.
While his family stays at a hotel, a generator is keeping a pump going in his basement where there was flooding.
Crocker
said he is "pretty concerned" about Wednesday's storm. But he is
grateful that the massive fallen tree on his car did miss his house.
"We were lucky," he said.
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