Images and video pour in as 'bomb cyclone' buries U.S. northeast
UPDATE (1:40 p.m. ET): Updated to include reports and images of coastal flooding in Massachusetts
Well, we were warned.
A giant swath of the east coast is getting a heaping dose of winter thanks to a powerful, fast-moving "bomb cyclone" winter storm that whipped straight along the coast, having already dumped snow across parts of the South not accustomed to such winter weather.
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Now, it's your turn, North Atlantic. Parts of Virginia and New Jersey have already been hit with near white-out conditions and the bulk of the storm is now moving on to New York, Connecticut, and other parts of New England.
From Mashable's Andrew Freedman:
Blizzard warnings are up for coastal New Jersey and Long Island, as well as the coast from Massachusetts to northeast Maine. Boston could get more than a foot of snow, according to the latest forecast guidance, and even New York City could get 5 to 10 inches, depending on the exact track the low pressure area takes.
The snow is already piling up Thursday morning and will continue to bury the area throughout the day.
Images and video of the storm poured in from up and down the eastern seaboard.
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By early afternoon, there were reports of coastal flooding caused by the storm in Boston and along the Massachusetts coast.
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Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.
