
Waves crash against homes in Scituate, Massachusetts, on Friday, March 2. A powerful nor'easter morphed into a "bomb cyclone," bringing rain, snow and heavy winds to parts of the East Coast.

The storm brings high waves and flooding to Scituate, a coastal Massachusetts town between Boston and Plymouth.

Rescuers help a mother and child leave their Quincy, Massachusetts, home by boat on March 2.

A pedestrian braves the harsh weather conditions near the coast in Newburyport, Massachusetts, on March 2.

Daniel Cunningham, 22, dodges waves in a kayak in Quincy on March 2.

A National Guard vehicle carries emergency workers to residents trapped by floodwaters in Quincy on March 2.

Schoolchildren face off against the wind and rain as they walk home in Brooklyn, New York, on March 2.

A family heads down a snowy street in Marple Township, Pennsylvania, on March 2.

Rescue crews secure residents in the bucket of a front end loader in the Boston suburb of Quincy on March 2.

Workers David Boardly, left, and James Ockimey clear a downed tree in Marple Township, Pennsylvania, on March 2.

James Ockimey clears a downed tree in Marple Township on March 2.

A large tree pierces a house in the Washington suburb of Kensington, Maryland, on March 2.

Water crashes into homes in Scituate on March 2.

Telephone poles were downed in Watertown, Massachusetts, on March 2.

This downed tree in Brockton, Massachusetts, was tweeted by Brockton Mayor Bill Carpenter on March 2.

High winds down barricades outside the White House on March 2.

Winds bring down a tree in Washington on March 2.

An uprooted tree blocks a residential street after taking down a power line in Swampscott, Massachusetts, on March 2.


