Boston floods as ‘bombogenesis’ Winter Storm Riley pounds the East Coast with 90 mph winds, snow and 4ft surges leaving 500,000 without power and causing 2,600 cancelled flights
Parts of Boston were submerged on Friday and the rest of coastal Massachusetts flooded at high tide
Winter Storm Riley dumped heavy rain and up to 18 inches of snow along the East Coast on Friday
It triggered huge storm surges of up to four ft in Cape Cod and has brought hurricane force winds
2,600 flights were cancelled on Friday as the storm took hold and another 1,400 were delayed
Some 500,000 people are already without power and more outages are expected throughout the day
Officials in Massachusetts say it is worse than the January 4 storm and is likely to cause damage to homes
Voluntary evacuation zones are in place along the Massachusetts coast and will remain until Sunday
AmTrak suspended all service between New York and Boston on Friday as a result of the severe conditions
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2 March 2018
Boston and parts of coastal Massachusetts are being quickly submerged in water by the powerful Nor’easter known as ‘bombogenesis’.
On Friday morning, storm surges of up to four feet rushed over the sea wall and into city streets as Winter Storm Riley took hold.
Voluntary evacuations have been in place along the coast since late on Thursday night before the floods began. Shocking videos showed people kayaking through the underwater streets and trucks being swept away by waves.
While Massachusetts was pounded by floods and rain, the rest of the north east endured heavy snow and winds of up to 90 mph.
Some 2,600 flights have been cancelled and another 1,400 have been delayed as a result of the storm.
As of midday EST, an estimated 500,000 people along the northeast coast had lost power and more were expected to see outages as the day wore on.
Hurricane strength winds of 80 to 90mph are a possibility in Cape Cod and heavy snow is also due to be seen in Ohio.
As much 18 inches of snow fell in parts of upstate New York and Pennsylvania on Friday morning and at least three inches will fall in New York City.
It is a sudden and dramatic change from the false-start Spring weather seen earlier in the week.
The highest snowfall was in the town of East Aurora near Buffalo where 18 inches of snow fell in 24 hours by Friday morning.
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