Nor’easter Live Updates: At Least 5 Die as Storm Topples Trees and Strands Travelers<br />• 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;<br />and some coastal towns in Massachusetts felt wind gusts of more than 90 miles per hour.<br />• A National Weather Service meteorologist whose office covers Southern New England said Friday night<br />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.<br />By THE NEW YORK TIMESMARCH 2, 2018<br />A fierce nor’easter battered the Atlantic Coast on Friday, toppling power lines, stranding thousands of travelers, inundating coastal roads<br />and homes with churning seawater and killing at least five people.<br />• New York’s La Guardia Airport suspended all flights on Friday afternoon, Kennedy International Airport halted all incoming domestic flights,<br />and around a quarter of the flights at Newark Liberty International Airport were called off.<br />Everyone’s weekend plans had been ruined.”<br />On Friday afternoon, it was announced at the station<br />that “due to extreme-weather-related issues,” all trains between New York and Boston, and between Philadelphia and Washington, had been suspended indefinitely.<br />In New York City, most flights were grounded for a time on Friday afternoon.
