Nor'easter

New York and the rest of the Northeast are expected to be hit by a nor'easter by Wednesday evening and into Thursday morning, as the developing storm moves into the south today.

Unlike some other nor'easters, this one is expected to bring more rain than snow.

As much as a foot of snow could hit parts of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.

Some schools have proposed cutting into spring break in April or holding classes on Saturdays.

Parts of Maryland and West Virginia could see up to 14 inches of snow in March's fourth nor'easter.

The third winter storm in two weeks lashed New England with hurricane-force winds and up to 25 inches of snow.

The nor'easter is the third to hit in two weeks.

New England will get the brunt of the snow accumulation, with localized amounts of up to 22 inches near Boston, as well as some coastal flooding.

The Greater Boston area is set to get up to 8 inches of snow, while western Massachusetts could see 19 inches.

Call it a nor'easter, a "bomb cyclone," or a superstorm—in an era of worsening extreme weather, fierce winter systems like this are arriving with startling frequency.

The state of Maine is estimated to contain as many as 1,595 coastal shipwrecks.

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The storm hammered the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic Tuesday with a mix of sleet and snow and wind.

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Officials have described the storm as "potentially historic."

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With snow measuring two feet or more and high winds, the storm is "potentially historic."