Winter Storm Kenan path tracker LIVE – ‘Historic’ snow totals warning as bomb cyclone blizzard hits northeast
WINTER Storm Kenan has prompted a storm warning for this weekend in New York and the Northeast.
The nor’easter thrashed parts of 10 states and some major population centers, including Philadelphia, New York and Boston. By midday, more than 18 inches (45 centimeters) of snow had fallen on parts of New Jersey’s shore and eastern Long Island.
Areas closest to the Atlantic coast bore the brunt.
Boston, in the nor’easter’s crosshairs, could get more than 2 feet (61 centimeters) of snow.
Winds gusted at 70 mph (113 kph) or higher at several spots in Massachusetts, including Nantucket Island and Provincetown, at the tip of Cape Cod.
The Nor’easter blanketed a large swath of New England with heavy snowfall. With the storm ongoing, some coastal areas of New Jersey already recorded 15 inches (38 cm) of accumulation while Long Island, New York braced for another foot (30 cm) of snow.
“It’s high winds, heavy snow, blizzard conditions – all the elements of a classic nor’easter,” New York Governor Kathy Hochul said at a news briefing, warning of frigid temperatures overnight. “This could be life-threatening.”
Several states along the northeast coast declared emergencies in response to the storm, which formed in the Atlantic Ocean off the Carolinas and was forecast to continue depositing snow through Saturday evening as it moved north.
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