‘We expect to lose homes’: 2,100 flights cancelled and 350,000 lose power as ‘bombogenesis’ Winter Storm Riley pounds the East Coast with hurricane force winds, floods and a FOOT of snow
Winter Storm Riley will dump up to eight inches of snow in upstate New York, Ohio and Massachusetts
Parts of the Massachusetts coast have been evacuated and 500,000 homes are already without power
By 10am on Friday, 2,100 flights had been cancelled and another 550 were delayed as a result of the storm
The storm, dubbed ‘bombogenesis’, is worse than the bomb cyclone of January 4, forecasters say
The downpours will be over by Saturday but coastal flooding and hurricane force winds may cause damage
Storm surges of up to four feet are expected on Nantucket and around the Cape Cod islands
DAILYMAIL.COM
2 March 2018
A life-threatening Nor’easter known as the ‘bombogenesis’ is pounding the East Coast, threatening to wipe out homes and leaving hundreds of thousands without power as it lashes the region with heavy snow and rain in what is being described as a worse storm than the January 4 bomb cyclone.
Evacuations are in place along the Massachusetts coast where officials are gearing up for the worst.
Some 500,000 people are without power already from Michigan to North Carolina and more outages are expected as Winter Storm Riley batters the region throughout the day.
The weather is wreaking havoc on travel and has already led to 2,100 flights being cancelled. Another 550 have been delayed.
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.
Hurricane strength winds of 80 to 90mph are a possibility in Cape Cod and heavy snow is also due to be seen in Ohio.
The highest snowfall was in the town of East Aurora near Buffalo where 18 inches of snow fell in 24 hours by Friday morning.
Fourteen inches fell in Harborcreek, Pennsylvania, and 12 inches fell in Windham, New York, near North East, Pennsylvania.
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