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Pedestrians walk through the snow at the beginning of a winter storm in Somerville, Massachusetts, March 7, 2013.
By Matthew DeLuca, Staff Writer, NBC News
New England residents bundled up for a late-season storm that promised to dump nearly a foot of snow on parts of the region through Friday.
Eight inches to a foot was forecast throughout parts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts, with Boston expected to receive between 6 to 10 inches as the storm system sits over the area through Saturday morning. The storm brought with it high winds that will continue to batter Nantucket, Martha?s Vineyard, and Long Island, the Weather Channel reported.
?We are watching a conveyor belt of wave after wave of snow coming in over the Atlantic,? Alan Dunham, meteorologist with the National Weather Service, told the Associated Press. ?The morning commute will definitely be a challenge.?
The wet snow and accumulation on trees and power lines, combined with gusty winds, could lead to some isolated power outages, NBC Connecticut warned. Accumulation of between 3 to 6 inches is likely across much of the state through Friday.
The storm has authorities along the Massachusetts coast worried as roaring seas threaten flood-prone areas still recovering from last month?s blizzard. The town of Scituate, Mass. advised residents to leave low-lying areas during high tides on Thursday.
?I think that?s going to be very dangerous,? Scituate Police Chief Brian Stewart told the AP. ?We?re recommending that peoples in areas that have experienced coastal flooding to evacuate three hours before high tide.?
Thirty-mph gusts and beach erosion are the biggest concern in Sandwich, Mass., where residents boarded up their homes against the approaching storm.
?We had serious flooding this morning,? Brian Gallant, director of the town?s emergency management, told NBC affiliate WHDH on Thursday. ?We had a couple of roads that were under water. The boardwalk again is under water.?
Waves as high as 23-feet with 3-foot storm surges were expected Friday, WHDH reported.
A winter storm warning was in effect through noon in New York City and through parts of New Jersey, with 1 to 2 inches of accumulation expected in the city, the Weather Channel reported. A half a foot or or more could fall over northeast New Jersey and into the lower Hudson Valley, the National Weather Service reported.
The storm swept through the Midwest and up from the Mid-Atlantic earlier in the week, taking its toll in several states. A Virginia man died after his car slid off an icy road, and two North Carolina boaters remained missing offshore.
NBC News? Jason Cumming and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
A storm system stretching from the Dakotas to the Florida Panhandle is predicted to bring snow to the mid-Atlantic states.
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