Nor'easter

Thousands of flights were also cancelled due to the storm's dangerous winds.

Temperatures across New England are set to plunge to below freezing in many places, as locals brace themselves for a cold snap.

The New Bedford Regional Airport manager said the scene "[did] make for a good photo" after the engineless plane came to rest in a roadway.

As of 10.45 a.m. Eastern Time, there were 497.649 power outages reported in across the state, with the worst affected counties being Plymouth and Barnstaple.

Parts of New York and New Jersey saw flash floods as 5 inches of rain fell in a single day.

Heavy rainfall and strong winds are continuing to rip through the east coast into Wednesday.

A state of emergency has been declared in New York and New Jersey ahead of a major nor'easter storm expected to hit the east coast later.

The National Weather Service in New York City issued a flash flood watch ahead of the forecasted storm on Monday.

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.

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

Let's break down the terms.

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."

Meteorologists are predicting extreme blizzard conditions. But what defines a nor'easter?

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