TODAY's Al Roker reports on the winter storm that has already brought snow and dangerous winds to much of the East Coast and is continuing to travel north into New England.
By Matthew DeLuca, Staff Writer, NBC News
An underwhelming winter storm that put Washington, D.C. into a tizzy moved into New England on Thursday, where it was expected to bring more of the snow that blanketed the Midwest. The storm mostly spared the nation?s capital, shutting down federal offices for a day, but it did dump nearly two feet of snow over some portions of the Mid-Atlantic region on Wednesday.
The approaching storm was expected to whip up strong gusts and possible flooding along portions of the coast and high wind warnings were in effect for parts of southeastern New England.
Seven inches of wet, gloppy snow was predicted to fall over Connecticut through Friday, according to the National Weather Service, along with winds up to 50 mph. While Boston was predicted to see three inches or less, parts of central Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire may get as many as 4 to 8 inches of accumulation.
Residents along the Massachusetts coast braced for surging seas in areas still recovering from a February blizzard. Homeowners along the coast were advised to evacuate, NBC affiliate WHDH reported.
?Our house fared pretty well ? we just lost the skirting and no structural damage, but the home across the street are uninhabitable,? Paula Polasky, a resident of Scituate, Mass., told WHDH. ?We still have remnants of the last storm in the yard.?
Gary Cameron / Reuters
A passenger car is hooked onto a tow truck in the median of Highway 50 near Winchester, Virginia, outside of Washington, March 6, 2013.
Some areas of Pennsylvania and Ohio woke up to as many as 4 to 6 inches on Thursday, with the possibility of more snow in Bucks County and Mercer County into Friday, NBC Philadelphia reported.
Temperatures were expected to eke their way up in the storm's wake, with highs nearing 50 degrees in Washington on Thursday. Residents of the nation's capital did not even need to break out snow shovels after the storm left only a scattering of flakes.
?They just say that it might snow and the whole city shuts down,? resident Sheri Sable told the Associated Press as she walked her dogs in a slight drizzle on Thursday.
At least four people were killed and 1,100 flights were canceled on Tuesday as the storm moved over Chicago, and snow and winds knocked out power for about 250,000 homes and businesses on Wednesday.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Jim Mone / AP
A storm system stretching from the Dakotas to the Florida Panhandle is predicted to bring snow to the mid-Atlantic states.
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This story was originally published on Thu Mar 7, 2013 7:07 AM EST
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