A satellite image taken Monday, Feb. 8, 2016 at 12:45 a.m. EST shows a large storm working its way northward offshore near the Mid-Atlantic.(Photo: AP)
Two separate winter storms battering the East Coast and the Midwest snarled traffic on Monday and threatened to cause havoc for Tuesday's New Hampshire primary election.
The East Coast storm dumped<span style="color: Red;">*</span>heavy snow on<span style="color: Red;">*</span>much of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>New England and lashed<span style="color: Red;">*</span>coastal areas from the Mid-Atlantic to Maine with fierce winds and pounding surf.
The National Weather Service issued blizzard warnings<span style="color: Red;">*</span>for eastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod and the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. The area could get<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a foot of snow and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>wind gusts of up to 65 mph.
Though a winter storm advisory covered<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the entire state of New Hampshire on Monday, forecasters predicted<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the bulk of the snow would arrive<span style="color: Red;">*</span>early or midday Tuesday, just in time for the state's first-in-the-nation presidential primary.
In Boston on Monday, weather grounded<span style="color: Red;">*</span>more than 260 flights – or more than 25% of the entire day’s schedule – as of 8:20 a.m. ET, according to FlightAware.
Late Sunday, this same storm, traveling off the Southeast coast, tossed around the Anthem of the Seas, a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. The storm produced hurricane-force winds that prompted the ship's captain to confine cruise ship passengers to their cabins.
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Coastal Delaware, New Jersey and Massachusetts contended<span style="color: Red;">*</span>with coastal flooding and beach erosion that struck<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the same areas<span style="color: Red;">*</span>slammed by a blizzard just over two weeks ago.
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In the Midwest, a separate storm brought strong winds and blizzard conditions to portions of Iowa and Minnesota, the National Weather Service said. Winds gusting over 60 mph at times caused<span style="color: Red;">*</span>whiteout conditions.
Forecasters expect this storm<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>slide into the Ohio Valley, Appalachians and Mid-Atlantic later Monday and into Tuesday. Light snow from the storm is forecast for Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Buffalo on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, in southern California, howling Santa Ana winds had the potential to whip up wildfires on Monday, the National Weather Service warned.
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