Powerful Winter Storm Brings Whipping Winds and Heavy Snow to the Northeast
The New York Times
Forecasters called it a “bomb cyclone” and predicted that the Boston area would be hit particularly hard.
Packing raking winds, blinding snows and piercing cold, a powerful, fast-moving winter storm roared up the East Coast on Saturday, bringing power outages, disrupted travel and general misery to millions of residents from the Carolinas to Maine.
The worst of the storm was felt across the Northeast, particularly in New England, where gusting winds blew snow sideways, while flood-prone coastal areas watched warily as a storm surge pounded beaches and sea walls.
Power outages were still affecting nearly 90,000 Massachusetts residents as of Saturday night, and broader blackouts remained an ongoing concern with high winds threatening to snap snow-covered branches and cripple power lines as the storm churned offshore.
