Nor'easter threatens 55 million Americans from the Mid-Atlantic states to New England. Snow, wind and flooding are in store
CNN
The path of a weekend nor'easter is becoming clearer as 55 million Americans from the Mid-Atlantic states to New England potentially face a dangerous threat of heavy snow and howling winds, according to forecasts.
The storm is expected to form Friday off the coast of the Carolinas and then move northward up the East Coast overnight into Saturday as it rapidly strengthens in a process called bombogenesis. Also referred to as a bomb cyclone, the process happens when a storm drops a certain amount of atmospheric pressure over a 24-hour period.
Eastern Massachusetts, including Boston, and Rhode Island could see between 12 to 24 inches of snow combined with wind gusts up to 64 mph, according to multiple forecast models.
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