Cars are stuck Friday in traffic as a winter storm arrives in Newington, N.H. Snow began to fall around the Northeast on Friday at the start of what’s predicted to be a massive, possibly historic blizzard, and residents scurried to stock up on food and supplies ahead of the storm.A mammoth storm battered the Northeast on Friday with stinging wind and snow – possibly up to 3 feet in some spots.
Forecasters said wind gusts of 75 mph could cause widespread power outages and whip the snow into fearsome drifts. Flooding was expected along coastal areas still recovering from Superstorm Sandy.
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Here’s a collection of images of people coping with the severe weather.
A look at effects in states and provinces in the path of the storm sweeping across the Northeast and southern Canada: