A major nor'easter pounded the U.S. East Coast on Friday, packing heavy rain, intermittent snow and strong winds as residents from the mid-Atlantic to Maine braced for coastal flooding. A street floods as a large coastal storm slams Scituate, Mass., on Friday. High winds downed a tree onto power lines, blocking the street and damaging a vehicle March 2, 2018 in Takoma Park, Md. The weather service said all of Rhode Island was under flood and high wind watches through Sunday morning. In Connecticut, college newspaper the Daily Campus reported the University of Connecticut's Agriculture Biotechnology Lab building was evacuated after high winds blew a smokestack on the roof.

Source: CBC News March 02, 2018 21:22 UTC