Bomb Cyclone Set to Slam East Coast with Snow, High Winds and Coastal Flooding

A powerful nor'easter is rapidly intensifying into a bomb cyclone and will hit the East Coast this weekend, bringing 3–6 inches of snow across the Carolinas and parts of the Southeast with potential >6 inches in spots, strong onshore winds (including 60–80 mph gusts along the Outer Banks) and a risk of moderate to major coastal flooding. Frigid temperatures and dangerous wind chills will accompany the system from the Southeast to New England, with snow possible in parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast and even a rare Gulf-of-Mexico–effect snow possibility in Florida as Arctic air sweeps south and the storm tracks into Atlantic Canada.