Photos | Bomb cyclone: Heavy snow, hurricane winds pounds US east coast

Updated On Jan 07, 2018 05:12 pm IST

An intense winter storm, the product of a rapid and rare drop in barometric pressure known as bombogenesis, or bomb cyclone has slammed east coast US from Maine as far south as North Carolina, taking out power lines, icing over roads and forcing hundreds of schools shut with hurricane force winds.

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JetBlue airplanes wait at the gates outside terminal five at John F Kennedy International Airport on Thursday in the Queens borough of New York City. (AFP)

Updated on Jan 07, 2018 05:12 pm IST

JetBlue airplanes wait at the gates outside terminal five at John F Kennedy International Airport on Thursday in the Queens borough of New York City. (AFP)

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A group of men help a motorist after his car was stuck in the snowstorm near Asbury Park, New Jersery. Four people were reported killed in the southeastern states of North and South Carolina, where icy roads sent vehicles skittering. A cold wave gripping a large section of the United States had already been blamed for a dozen earlier deaths. (Julio Cortez / AP)

Updated on Jan 07, 2018 05:12 pm IST

A group of men help a motorist after his car was stuck in the snowstorm near Asbury Park, New Jersery. Four people were reported killed in the southeastern states of North and South Carolina, where icy roads sent vehicles skittering. A cold wave gripping a large section of the United States had already been blamed for a dozen earlier deaths. (Julio Cortez / AP)

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A shopkeeper shovels snow in New Haven, Connecticut. The only nuclear plant in Massachusetts was shut just after 2 pm because of the failure of a line that connects the reactor to the power grid. ISO New England, which operates the region’s power grid, attributed the shutdown to blizzard conditions. The company did not say when the station would restart. (John Moore / Getty Images / AFP)

Updated on Jan 07, 2018 05:12 pm IST

A shopkeeper shovels snow in New Haven, Connecticut. The only nuclear plant in Massachusetts was shut just after 2 pm because of the failure of a line that connects the reactor to the power grid. ISO New England, which operates the region’s power grid, attributed the shutdown to blizzard conditions. The company did not say when the station would restart. (John Moore / Getty Images / AFP)

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In coastal Boston, the storm was accompanied by giant waves that led to what Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker described as “historic flooding” that inundated the city’s eastern streets as well as coastal areas in the state. The National Weather Service measured wind gusts of more than 113 kph, which downed power lines. (Scott Eisen / Getty Images / AFP )

Updated on Jan 07, 2018 05:12 pm IST

In coastal Boston, the storm was accompanied by giant waves that led to what Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker described as “historic flooding” that inundated the city’s eastern streets as well as coastal areas in the state. The National Weather Service measured wind gusts of more than 113 kph, which downed power lines. (Scott Eisen / Getty Images / AFP )

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Residents evacuate in a Humvee as flood waters rise in Scituate, Massachusetts. A 3-foot tidal surge flooded the area around Boston’s historic Long Wharf with icy seawater. The flooding tied a 40-year record, the National Weather Service said. (Scott Eisen / Getty Images / AFP)

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Residents evacuate in a Humvee as flood waters rise in Scituate, Massachusetts. A 3-foot tidal surge flooded the area around Boston’s historic Long Wharf with icy seawater. The flooding tied a 40-year record, the National Weather Service said. (Scott Eisen / Getty Images / AFP)

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People remove snow from the sidewalks in New Haven, Connecticut. Officials feared fast-dropping temperatures after the storm passed would turn snow on roadways to ice. Ahead of that threat, snow plows and salt trucks were dispatched along streets and highways. In Boston, Mayor Marty Walsh said schools would remain closed on Friday. (John Moore / Getty Images / AFP)

Updated on Jan 07, 2018 05:12 pm IST

People remove snow from the sidewalks in New Haven, Connecticut. Officials feared fast-dropping temperatures after the storm passed would turn snow on roadways to ice. Ahead of that threat, snow plows and salt trucks were dispatched along streets and highways. In Boston, Mayor Marty Walsh said schools would remain closed on Friday. (John Moore / Getty Images / AFP)

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A man walks through the snowed out streets of Boston on Thursday. The area received 12 inches of snow, with more on the way, according to the National Weather Service and parts of New Jersey were also buried under nearly a foot and a half. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images / AFP)

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A man walks through the snowed out streets of Boston on Thursday. The area received 12 inches of snow, with more on the way, according to the National Weather Service and parts of New Jersey were also buried under nearly a foot and a half. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images / AFP)

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This aerial view shows snow covered Washington Memorial Monument. Millions of Americans along the East Coast face potential power outages in bitterly cold sub-freezing temperatures. Almost 80,000 homes and businesses in the Northeast and Southeast, were without power. (Daniel Slim / AFP)

Updated on Jan 07, 2018 05:12 pm IST

This aerial view shows snow covered Washington Memorial Monument. Millions of Americans along the East Coast face potential power outages in bitterly cold sub-freezing temperatures. Almost 80,000 homes and businesses in the Northeast and Southeast, were without power. (Daniel Slim / AFP)

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People leave the Paramount Theater after stopping by the beachfront building to sightsee the Atlantic Ocean during the winter snowstorm on Thursday in New Jersey. The region has also been in the grip of a prolonged cold spell. Prices for heating oil and natural gas in the US Northeast hit their highest levels in years on the back of near-record heating demand. (Julio Cortez / AP)

Updated on Jan 07, 2018 05:12 pm IST

People leave the Paramount Theater after stopping by the beachfront building to sightsee the Atlantic Ocean during the winter snowstorm on Thursday in New Jersey. The region has also been in the grip of a prolonged cold spell. Prices for heating oil and natural gas in the US Northeast hit their highest levels in years on the back of near-record heating demand. (Julio Cortez / AP)

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A resident clears snow in front of his house on Thursday in Stamford, Connecticut. Wind gusts of up to 88.5 kph were expected through Friday on Long Island and southeastern Connecticut, with wind chills as low as - 29 C, increasing the risk of frostbite and hypothermia from prolonged exposure. (John Moore / Getty Images / AFP)

Updated on Jan 07, 2018 05:12 pm IST

A resident clears snow in front of his house on Thursday in Stamford, Connecticut. Wind gusts of up to 88.5 kph were expected through Friday on Long Island and southeastern Connecticut, with wind chills as low as - 29 C, increasing the risk of frostbite and hypothermia from prolonged exposure. (John Moore / Getty Images / AFP)

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Pedestrians walk down a vacant Newbury Street during a massive winter storm in Boston, Massachusetts. (AFP)

Updated on Jan 07, 2018 05:12 pm IST

Pedestrians walk down a vacant Newbury Street during a massive winter storm in Boston, Massachusetts. (AFP)

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